, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Our analysis proceeds in two phases. First, controlling for absolute income and other individual and …

, philanthropic preferences may increase the effectiveness of policies to redistribute income, instead of weakening them. Consequently …

high-income households inherit more frequently and receive much higher amounts than those from low-income households. Since … intergenerational income mobility is low, highincome households can build wealth, both from regular income and from substantial capital …

high-income households inherit more frequently and receive much higher amounts than those from low-income households. Since … intergenerational income mobility is low, high-income households can build wealth, both from regular income and from substantial capital …

This paper explores the association between income and stated views on minimum living standards; that is, views on … representative survey, we find the rich are less empathetic. In our baseline model, people at the bottom of the income distribution … report 10% more items as essential than do people at the top of the income distribution. The negative relationship between …

high-income households inherit more frequently and receive much higher amounts than those from low-income households. Since … intergenerational income mobility is low, high-income households can build wealth, both from regular income and from substantial capital …

marital choices may be undergoing change. We expand the traditional dimension of assortative mating through labor income only …, covering both labor income and inheritance. This paper studies the concentration and substitutability of these two traits in … outcomes seen in France. By assuming a sequential revelation of inheritance and labor income in marital sorting, we develop a …