Contents

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface xi
4. I. Recent Developments In Personal Wealth
5. 1. Plan Of The Book And Historical Backdrop 3
6. 2. Trends In Household Wealth, 1962 To 2013 39
7. 3. Changing Portfolio Composition And The Rate Of Return On Household Wealth 86
8. 4. International Comparisons Of Household Wealth Inequality 139
9. II. Mechanisms Behind Changing Wealth Inequality
10. 5. Deconstructing Wealth Trends, 1983–2013 177
11. 6. Age-Wealth Profiles And The Life Cycle Model: Implications For Wealth Accumulation 211
12. 7. Inheritances And The Distribution Of Wealth 262
13. 8. The Role Of Social Security And Private Pensions 311
14. III. Who Are The Rich And The Poor?
15. 9. Wealth Differences Among Socioeconomic Groups 369
16. 10. Who Are The Rich? A Demographic Profile Of High-Income And High-Wealth Americans 436
17. 11. The Persistence Of Asset Poverty 492
18. IV. Wealth Over The Long Term
19. 12. Long-Term Trends In Aggregate Household Wealth 553
20. 13. Long-Term Trends In The Concentration Of Household Wealth 589
21. V. Tax Policy And Conclusion
22. 14. Wealth Taxation 619
23. 15. Summary Of Principal Findings And Concluding Comments 650
24. Appendix 1. Adjustments And Imputations Made To The 1962 Sfcc And 1983, 1989, 1992, And 1995 Scf Data Files 685
25. Appendix 2. Construction Of The 1969 Mesp Dataset 711
26. Appendix 3. Estimation Of Retirement Wealth 731
27. Notes 747
28. References 815
29. Acknowledgments 837
30. Index 839