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Corporate Author Conference on Research in Income and Wealth.

Title Modeling the distribution and intergenerational transmission of wealth / edited by James D. Smith.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1980.
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 336 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Studies in income and wealth ; v. 46
Studies in income and wealth ; 46.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note "Contains the papers presented at the Conference on Modeling the Distribution and Intergenerational Transmission of Wealth held in Williamsburg on 8 and 9 December, 1977."
Contents 7. The Intergenerational Transmission of Wealth: Does Family Size Matter?8. Relevance in Economic Measurement: Public Inheritances; List of Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index.
Summary 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 pa.
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Subject Wealth -- United States.
Wealth.
United States.
Inheritance and succession -- United States.
Inheritance and succession.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Smith, James D.
Other Form: Print version: Modeling the distribution and intergenerational transmission of wealth. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1980 0226764540 9780226764542 (DLC) 80015537 (OCoLC)6378949
ISBN 9780226764603 (electronic book)
0226764605 (electronic book) 0226764540
9780226764542

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