The contributors to this comprehensive book compile and analyse the latest data available on household wealth using, as …-first century. The authors show that in the US, trends are highlighted in terms of wealth holdings, among the low-income population …, along with changes in wealth polarization, racial differences in wealth holdings, and the dynamics of portfolio choices. The …

role of inequality in labor markets and wealth.In Chapter 1, I study whether the effects of unemployment insurance (UI …. Meltem Daysal and Michael F. Lovenheim, we study the effect of changes in parental wealth in childhood on the … intergenerational transmission of wealth. Rising wealth inequality has spurred an increased interest in understanding how and why wealth …

Many studies have shown that wealth inequality is even greater than income inequality and has increased in recent … decades. This issue of Policy in Focus is dedicated to wealth taxes, presenting various perspectives on whether they can be an …