This paper studies the interaction between the long-term dynamics of aggregate household
wealth and the wealth distribution in Europe and the United States. We do so by building the …

Many low-income households in rich countries have very little wealth, but the role of
intergenerational wealth transmission in underpinning this deficit is not known. This article …

Wealth is a buffer against economic shocks and the intergenerational transmission of
disadvantage. We investigate the wealth of single-parent households in six high-income …

Scholars have sought to quantify the extent of inequality which is inherited from past
generations in many different ways, including a large body of work on intergenerational …

The impact of poverty is far-reaching, and it poses risks for an individual's health,
educational attainment, employment prospects and broader wellbeing. Past research …

We investigate child height inequality and inequality of predicted height in the Sub-Saharan
Africa (SSA) region by socioeconomic, demographic and geographical factors. We …

In this study, we examine the importance of estate planning and inter-vivos transfers towards
the end of life. To that end, we use administrative data on all deaths taking place in the …

Evidence shows strong associations in wealth across generations, yet the underlying
mechanisms are not fully understood. Some studies attribute these associations to direct …

Wealth surveys that collect information on intergenerational transfers provide new scope for
comparative study of those transfers and their relationship with wealth across rich countries …

En los últimos cuarenta años, España ha progresado sustancialmente en materia de
redistribución y protección social. A pesar de haber experimentado esta transformación, nos …