The Impact of Intergenerational Transfers on the Distribution of Wealth: An International Comparison
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- Charles Yuji Horioka, 2024. "The impact of intergenerational transfers on the distribution of wealth: An international comparison," Pacific Economic Review, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 29(5), pages 567-585, December.
- Charles Yuji Horioka, 2024. "The Impact of Intergenerational Transfers on the Distribution of Wealth: An International Comparison," ISER Discussion Paper 1256, Institute of Social and Economic Research, The University of Osaka.
- Horioka, Charles Yuji, 2024. "The Impact of Intergenerational Transfers on the Distribution of Wealth: An International Comparison," AGI Working Paper Series 2024-21, Asian Growth Research Institute.
- Charles Yuji Horioka, 2024. "The Impact of Intergenerational Transfers on the Distribution of Wealth: An International Comparison," NBER Working Papers 33015, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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Keywords
Bequests; Estates; Household wealth; Inheritances; Inter vivos transfers; Intergenerational mobility; Intergenerational transfers; Wealth disparities; Wealth distribution; Wealth inequality; China; India; Japan; United States;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
- E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
- E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-IPR-2024-10-14 (Intellectual Property Rights)
- NEP-SEA-2024-10-14 (South East Asia)
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