differences, but inheritance is also widely recognised as playing a major role, especially at the upper end of the wealth range. A …This chapter is concerned with the distribution of personal wealth, which usually refers to the material assets that … on wealth distribution for a number of countries. This confirms the well known fact that wealth is more unequally …

In this paper, I analyze detailed data on intergenerational transfers in 4 countries (China, India, Japan, and the … 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 …

wealth levels and (ii) indirectly supporting wealth accumulation by impacting interest rates, borrowing, entrepreneurship …, and spending. A unique Danish policy setting allows me to identify intergenerational wealth transfers channeled through …

-quarter of total household wealth in Europe provides further corroboration for this finding. …