We study beliefs about wealth inequality and preferences for wealth redistribution. For this, we conduct a large … position in it. Second, we investigate how preferences for wealth redistribution are affected by an information experiment. One … for redistribution after learning about the shape of the wealth distribution. In contrast, older participants decrease …

-run steady-state level of inequality depends on the extent to which its most important forms of wealth are transmitted within … families across generations. We estimate the degree of intergenerational transmission of three different types of wealth … (material, embodied, and relational), as well as the extent of wealth inequality in 21 historical and contemporary populations …

, consumption, and wealth to answer the question: is intergenerational mobility similar across the three resource measures? Absolute … mobility is highest for consumption, followed by income and wealth. Income exhibits the highest intergenerational correlation …, or lowest relative mobility, followed closely by consumption. Wealth exhibits much lower relative mobility. We also look …