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 …

, this higher level of savings tends to reduce wealth inequality. Also, regardless of income, women's preferences increase …

This paper presents the top wealth creators and destroyers in India. I take the change (increase/decrease) in market … capitalization as the measure for wealth created and destroyed over a long period 2001-2016. Returns from investments are studied to … understand the impact of ‘staying invested long' on companies. Further I looked at which industry/sector, created wealth and …

Between 1953 and 1985 India implemented various progressive taxes on personal wealth. I use estate tax returns to … environment. These new series suggest that wealth concentration in India reduced substantially during the 1970s. Although the … compute top wealth shares (top 1%, top 0.1% and top 0.01%) over 1966- 1985; a period marked explicitly by a dirigiste policy …