Lifetime Receipt of Inheritances and the Distribution of Wealth in England. Crawford, R. & Hood, A. Fiscal Studies, 37(1):55–75, March, 2016. Link doi abstract bibtex We investigate the impact of inheritances and gifts received on the distribution of wealth. Whereas previous work has looked only at marketable wealth, we consider broader measures of wealth including state and private pensions. We find that once pension wealth is included, inheritances and gifts no longer have an equalising impact on the distribution of wealth. Without pension wealth, including wealth transfers reduces the Gini coefficient for wealth from 0.57 to 0.52. With pension wealth, the impact is negligible. We argue that this latter effect gives a better indication of the impact of inheritances on the distribution of lifetime income.
@article{CrawfordHood2016,
title = {Lifetime Receipt of Inheritances and the Distribution of Wealth in {{England}}},
author = {Crawford, Rowena and Hood, Andrew},
year = {2016},
month = mar,
journal = {Fiscal Studies},
volume = {37},
number = {1},
pages = {55--75},
doi = {10.1111/j.1475-5890.2016.12087},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-5890.2016.12087},
abstract = {We investigate the impact of inheritances and gifts received on the distribution of wealth. Whereas previous work has looked only at marketable wealth, we consider broader measures of wealth including state and private pensions. We find that once pension wealth is included, inheritances and gifts no longer have an equalising impact on the distribution of wealth. Without pension wealth, including wealth transfers reduces the Gini coefficient for wealth from 0.57 to 0.52. With pension wealth, the impact is negligible. We argue that this latter effect gives a better indication of the impact of inheritances on the distribution of lifetime income.},
keywords = {Determinants of Wealth and Wealth Inequality,Intergenerational Wealth}
}
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