Intergenerational Wealth Mobility and the Role of Inheritance: Evidence from Multiple Generations

This study estimates intergenerational wealth correlations across up to four generations and examines the degree to which the wealth association between parents and children can be explained by inheritances. Using a Swedish data set with newly hand‐collected data on wealth and bequests, we find pare...

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Volume:	128
Main Author:	Adermon, Adrian Lindahl, Mikael Waldenström, Daniel
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Trade Academic
Place of publication:	HOBOKEN WILEY 01.07.2018 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
published in:	The Economic journal (London) Vol. 128; no. 612; pp. F482 - F513
Related:	Gothenburg University Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik School of Business, Economics, and Law Department of Economics Göteborgs universitet Handelshögskolan
ORCID:	0000-0002-7062-4308
Data of publication:	July 2018
ISSN:	0013-0133 1468-0297
EISSN:	1468-0297
Discipline:	Economics Education
Subjects:	Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Education Parent participation Home and school income life-cycle accumulation inequality earnings transmission Nationalekonomi Economic History sweden transfers persistence grandfathers Ekonomisk historia LIFE-CYCLE SWEDEN TRANSMISSION INCOME PERSISTENCE INEQUALITY EARNINGS ACCUMULATION GRANDFATHERS TRANSFERS
Online Access:	Fulltext
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