This study estimates intergenerational wealth correlations across up to four generations and
examines the degree to which the wealth association between parents and children can be …

This paper focuses on three issues. First, it analyzes the increasing inequality of wealth in
Sweden in terms of percentile age and birth cohort differences, and finds very weak …

This paper uses population register data on inheritances and wealth in Sweden to estimate
the causal impact of inheritances on wealth inequality. We find that inheritances reduce …

Previous studies have found that intergenerational income persistence is relatively high in
the United States and Britain, especially as compared to Nordic countries. We compare the …

We focus on the father definition in studies of intergenerational income mobility. The
association between sons' income and their biological fathers' income is weaker the less …

Inequality in family wealth is high, yet we know little about how much and how wealth
inequality is maintained across generations. We argue that a long-term perspective …

We use Danish wealth records from three decades to characterise wealth inequality in
childhood, where the main source of wealth is transfers. Wealth holdings are small in …

Using the B ritish H ousehold P anel S urvey, we investigate the role of inheritance in
shaping the distribution of household wealth in G reat B ritain during 1995–2005a period …

Intergenerational income correlations are an important indication of the extent of economic
mobility across families. Until recently it has been thought that the correlations between fa …

The importance of family background for economic outcomes is analyzed, using a Finnish
data set. The estimates for intergenerational and sibling correlations in earnings are …