Inherited wealth has attracted much attention recently, much due to the research by Thomas Piketty (Piketty, 2011; 2014 … historical inheritance flows are only really available for France and to some extent for the U.K. We study the long-run evolution … of inherited wealth in Sweden over the past two hundred years. The trends in Sweden are similar to those in France and …

What are the long-term economic effects of a more equal distribution of wealth? We exploit variation in historical … inheritance rules for land in Germany. In some German areas, inherited land was to be shared or divided equally among children … right-shifted skill, income, and wealth distribution. Higher top incomes and top wealth in equal division areas coincide …