Simulating the transmission of wealth inequality via bequests

Answering the question of how much wealth inequality arises from inheritance inequality requires data that are unavailable and potentially uncollectable. The alternative approach taken here (from Blinder [1974, 1976] and Davies [1982]) is to simulate the transmission of inequality via bequests.

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Year of publication:	1998
Authors:	Gokhale, Jagadeesh ; Kotlikoff, Laurence J. ; Sefton, James ; Weale, Martin
Institutions:	Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Subject:	Wealth

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Paper.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number 9811
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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