Fagereng, Andreas; Guiso, Luigi; Pistaferri, Luigi - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We use population data on capital income and wealth holdings for Norway to measure asset positions and wealth returns …, individuals sort on personal wealth rather than parents' wealth. Assortative mating on own wealth dominates, and in fact renders … assortative mating on parental wealth statistically insignificant. Second, people match also on their personal returns to wealth …