The Impact of Intergenerational Transfers on Household Wealth Inequality in Japan and the United States
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- Yoko Niimi & Charles Yuji Horioka, 2016. "The Impact of Intergenerational Transfers on Household Wealth Inequality in Japan and the United States," ISER Discussion Paper 0980, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University.
- Niimi, Yoko & Horioka, Charles Yuji, 2017. "The Impact of Intergenerational Transfers on Household Wealth Inequality in Japan and the United States," ADBI Working Papers 655, Asian Development Bank Institute.
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JEL classification:
- D10 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - General
- 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
- I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
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