who reside in Western countries, and those who inherited substantial wealth, are wealthier than other billionaires. The …

education and wealth increasing or decreasing in the 20-year interval between 1991 and 2010?'. Horizontal inequality in … education attainment has been moving in waves; however, there was an invested U-shaped trend where inequality increased between … in education, gender inequality in educational attainment has consistently been declining over time. The same consistent …

Using new long-run microdata, this paper studies wealth and income trends of college and noncollege households in the … United States since 1956. We document the emergence of a substantial college wealth premium since the 1980s, which is … considerably larger than the college income premium. Over the past four decades, the wealth of American households with a …

We study the role of family wealth for children's educational achievement using novel and unique Swedish register data …. In particular, we focus on the relationship between grandparents' wealth and their grandchildren’s educational … achievement. Doing so allows us to reliably establish the independent role of wealth in contributing to long-term inequalities in …

who reside in Western countries, and those who inherited substantial wealth, are wealthier than other billionaires. The …

We review the effects on the Covid-19 pandemic on inequalities in education, the labour market, household living … standards, mental health, and wealth in the UK. The pandemic has pushed up inequalities on several dimensions. School closures … in particular around the middle of the wealth distribution. In the longer term, lower work experience for the less …