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Front Cover; Inheritance and Wealth Inequality in Britain; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction:The Importance of Inheritance; The Importance of Inheritance; Quantifying Inheritance; The Fortunes of Fathers, Sons and Other Relatives; The Nature of Wealth; Estimation Problems; The Size Distribution of Personal Wealth in Britain; Chapter 2. The Nature of the Evidence; Method; The Matching Process; Small Estates not in the Probate Calendars; Success Rates; Nature and Reliability of Wealth Data; Intertemporal Differences in the Data; Methods of Analysis
Chapter 3. The Inheritances of Male Wealth Leavers,1900-1973The Importance of Fathers' Wealth in the Backward TracingSamples; Top Wealth Leavers; Medium Wealth Leavers; Smaller Estates; Probabilities of Dying Rich; Trends Over Time; Comparisons with the 1920s; Accumulators and Dissipators of Wealth; Forward Tracing Samples; Summary; Alternative Methods: Inheritance Versus Self-Made; Changes in the Price Level; Summary and Conclusions; Chapter 4. Non-Paternal Sourcesof Inheritance; The Wealth of Fathers-in-law; The Wealth of Fathers-in-law among the Self-Made
The Importance of Other Relatives' WealthThe Relationship between Fathers' Wealth and Wealth ofFathers-in-law; Mothers' Wealth; The Independent Wealth of Mothers; Wealth Transmission over Three Generations; Three Generations of Wealth Holders; Family Wealth Trees; Chapter 5.Women's Wealth and Marriage; Trends in Women's Wealth Shares; The Wealth of Fathers; The Wealth of Husbands; The Wealth of Fathers and Husbands; 'Self-Made' Women; The Wealth of Fathers-in-law; Husbands' and Fathers' Wealth; Intermarriage Among the Rich; Mothers' Wealth; Conclusions
Chapter 6. The Characteristics ofWealth LeaversLocation; Status; Occupation; Age; Chapter 7. The Contribution of Inheritance tothe Perpetuation of Wealth Inequality; Galton's Technique; Method; The Contribution of Inheritance 1902-34; The Results for Other Periods; Confidence Limits; Explanations; Qualifications and Conclusions; Chapter 8.Inheritance and Inequality; The Nature and Reliability of the Data; Patterns of Inheritance; The Importance of Predecessors' Wealth; The Wealth of Fathers and Sons (Backward Tracing Samples); Inheritors versus Self-Made Among Top Wealth Leavers
Trends in the Father-Son Wealth Relationship among Top and MediumWealth LeaversWealth Accumulation and Dissipation (Forward Tracing Samples); Non-Paternal Sources of Inheritance; Women and Inheritance; Intermarriage Among the Rich; Identifiable Characteristics of Wealth Leavers; Galtonian Regression Analysis and Trends in the Importance ofInheritance; Wealth andInequality; Appendix A: Distribution of Estates According to Inland Revenue and Probate Valuations, England and Wales, 1974 Average; Appendix B: Probate Values of Estates Left by Marriott's Listof Millionaires
Appendix C:Method of Construction of Price Index Numbers
ISBN: 978-0-415-69474-2 ; 978-1-136-50530-0 ; 978-0-415-69474-2
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ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW
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