Abstract This paper investigates the sources of inequality in household gross and net wealth across eight euro … a remarkable effect on wealth inequality that is stronger than the one of income differences. In Austria, Germany and … Cyprus the contribution of real and financial assets inherited or received as gifts to gross and net wealth inequality …

The Effect of Inheritance and Gifts on Household Net Wealth Distribution Analysed by Applying the Shapley Value … Approach to Decomposition This paper analyses how microeconomic factors drive inequality in household wealth across nine … Eurosystem Household Finance and Consumption Survey 2014. Disparity in inheritance and gifts obtained by households are found to …

The inheritance tax is often seen as an effective tool to reduce wealth inequality, to raise public budgets if needed … the OECD. The purpose of this paper is therefore to shed light on the question whether the inheritance tax is a promising … tool for fighting wealth inequality without having distorting effects for the economy. For this purpose, the distributional …

The objective of this work is to analyse the income inequality in the 15 EU countries during the convergence process to … whether the inequality of income has diminished within and between countries over time. Gini's generalised family indices … the results obtained to different degrees of inequality aversion and to different equivalence scales, taking into account …

, combining national tabulations of inheritance tax records and microdata archives for Milan and Naples. During this period … evidence of declining income inequality in the period -traditionally considered the industrial 'take-off' phase of Italy- we … economic development. Although contemporary inequality is much lower than early 20th-century figures, the 'real' wealth of …