Modeling The Distribution And Intergenerational Transmission Of Wealth (national Bureau Of Economic Research - Studies In Income And Wealth, Volume 46)
by Various /
1980 / English / PDF
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This pioneering volume uses modern statistical and simulation
techniques to explain the process of wealth transmission and the
persistent problem of the unequal distribution of wealth. These
papers reflect a shift from the traditional cross-sectional
measurement to an intertemporal focus by attempting to model
mathematically the actual process by which wealth is acquired and
transmitted. There are many questions to be answered: What are
the factors influencing saving? What is the role of mating? What
decides ownership between spouses? How are rare assets
distributed by divorce? What are the patterns of behavior in
making gifts and bequests? And what is the effect of the relative
ages of the persons involved?
This pioneering volume uses modern statistical and simulation
techniques to explain the process of wealth transmission and the
persistent problem of the unequal distribution of wealth. These
papers reflect a shift from the traditional cross-sectional
measurement to an intertemporal focus by attempting to model
mathematically the actual process by which wealth is acquired and
transmitted. There are many questions to be answered: What are
the factors influencing saving? What is the role of mating? What
decides ownership between spouses? How are rare assets
distributed by divorce? What are the patterns of behavior in
making gifts and bequests? And what is the effect of the relative
ages of the persons involved?
