We document the intergenerational persistence of wealth between adult offspring and their parent's using the Wealth and … Assets Survey for Great Britain. We estimate an intergenerational wealth elasticity of 0.4 and rank-rank elasticity of 0 ….3 and find wealth persistence for individuals in their 60s is lower than for those currently aged in their 30s and early 40s …

mobility. We show the change in the intergenerational persistence in wealth in Great Britain is due to inequality in offspring …The rapid widening of intergenerational wealth inequalities has led to sharp differences in living standards in Great … Britain. Understanding which components of wealth are driving such inequalities is important for improving wealth and social …

credit led to less intergenerational mobility and greater inequality. Two offsetting forces underlie this result: (1) greater …

administrative data from China, we document a substantial increase in inequality of wealth held in risky assets by Chinese households …, 250B RMB through active trading in this period, or 30% of either group's initial equity wealth. In comparison, the return …

We study the link between market forces, cross-sectional inequality, and intergenerational mobility. Emphasizing …