of Wealth: A Simulation Model; 4. The Importance of Material Inheritance: The Financial Link between Generations; 5. The …Modeling the Distribution and Intergenerational Transmission of Wealth; Contents; Introduction; 1. Long-Term Trends in … American Wealth Inequality; 2. The Wealth of Testators and Its Distribution: Butler County, Ohio, 1803-65; 3. The Perpetuation …

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 …

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 …