Eigentum und Erbe in der Mitte der deutschen Gesellschaft relativ gleichmäßig verteilt oder zeigen sich bedeutsame … Immobilienvermögen und im Erbe nachgegangen. Geht man von einer rein einkommensbezogenen Definition der Mitte aus, so zeigt sich ein … geringer Verbreitungsgrad von Immobilienbesitz und Erbe in der unteren Mittelschicht (60 bis 80 Prozent des Medianeinkommens …

received a wealth transfer and these accounted for 23 percent of their net worth. Over the lifetime, about 30 percent of … households could expect to receive a wealth transfer and these would account for close to 40 percent of their net worth near time … of death. However, there is little evidence of an inheritance “boom.” In fact, from 1989 to 2007, the share of households …

well as at all levels of net wealth at a point in time. Gifts and inheritances are only an important source of income flows … much different from the actual distribution. Our findings suggest that inheritance taxes may do little to mitigate the … extreme wealth inequality in society. …

Retired households, especially those with high lifetime income, decumulate their wealth very slowly, and many die … home. We discuss the empirical strategies used to differentiate these motivations, most of which go beyond wealth to …

To help shed light on the implications of intergenerational transfers for wealth inequality, this paper uses data for … children in both Japan and the United States, which in turn is likely to contribute to the persistence or widening of wealth … help alleviate the disequalizing effect of intergenerational transfers on the distribution of wealth, at least to some …

and women, compared to non-Jews, with additional analyses of earnings, self-employment, and wealth. The Jews in Colonial …-employed professionals. The high level of human wealth of contemporary American Jews is not at the expense of non-human wealth. Overall, and … even when other variables including schooling are held constant, Jews have higher levels of wealth and higher rates of …

for fluctuations in income and out-of-pocket medical expenses, as well as financial wealth sufficient to buffer against …

wealth accumulation in these two countries can be enlightening. In this paper we examine wealth inequality and mobility in … Sweden and the United States over the past decade. We show that wealth inequality has been significantly greater in the U …. In addition to less inequality and a higher median wealth, we also show that wealth quintile mobility in the 1990's has …