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 …

American Wealth Inequality; 2. The Wealth of Testators and Its Distribution: Butler County, Ohio, 1803-65; 3. The Perpetuation … of Wealth: A Simulation Model; 4. The Importance of Material Inheritance: The Financial Link between Generations; 5. The … Bequest Process and the Causes of Inequality in the Distribution of Wealth; 6. Estimates of the 1969 Sue Distribution of …