light on the impact of intergenerational transfers on household wealth disparities and on possible reasons for the … substantial differences in household wealth disparities among the 4 countries. Almost all of the evidence I present suggests that … intergenerational transfers have a disequalizing impact on household wealth disparities and promote the transmission of household wealth …

Using harmonized household survey data, we analyse long run social mobility in the US, the UK, and Germany and test …

measurement approach that allows us to target the joint distribution of income and wealth. We show that inequality of opportunity …-egalitarian distribution of income until 2000, and (ii) a less opportunity-egalitarian distribution of wealth after the financial crisis in …

measurement approach that allows us to target the joint distribution of income and wealth. We show that inequality of opportunity …-egalitarian distribution of income until 2000, and (ii) a less opportunity-egalitarian distribution of wealth after the financial crisis in …