A two-group kinetic wealth model with wealth-gap drift and non-Maxwellian kernels. [PDF]
This paper applies statistical mechanics to investigate wealth distribution in binary interactions between two groups of agents. Using an exchange rule with non-zero expected random variables and non-Maxwellian collision kernels, we consider the case ...
Rongmei Sun
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The Effects of Homeownership on Wealth Distribution [PDF]
Within the broader context of new dimensions of poverty such as housing poverty, energy poverty, etc., this article describes dependencies between household income, real estate ownership and socio-economic trends.
Klára ČERMÁKOVÁ +3 more
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Ernesto Rossi e Vilfredo Pareto: ricerca empirica, liberismo e distribuzione del reddito
Vifredo Pareto fu tra i primissimi punti di riferimento intellettuali di Ernesto Rossi, sul quale lasciò una impronta culturale assai profonda, per quel che riguarda il settore dell’economia e non solo.
Gianmarco Pondrano Altavilla
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Why the distribution of wealth matters: Industrial feudalism and social democracy
This paper explains how growing inequality of wealth and asset inflation inhibits social mobility and the functioning of the labour market, whose efficiency is a key feature of macroeconomic theory and labour economics.
Hanna Szymborska, Jan Toporowski
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The Purpose of the Tax System that Gives Meaning and Legitimacy to Taxes
The purpose of this article is to analyze the ultimate purpose of the tax system that gives meaning and legitimacy to taxation. The citizen thus becomes an integral part of the State, has the ability to elect its representatives through suffrage. The law
José Luis Muñoz López
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Inheritances, social classes, and wealth distribution
We consider a simple theoretical model to investigate the impact of inheritances on the wealth distribution. Wealth is described as a finite resource, which remains constant over different generations and is divided equally among offspring.
Pedro Patrício, Nuno A. M. Araújo
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Emergence of Inequality in Income and Wealth Dynamics
Increasing wealth inequality is a significant global issue that demands attention. While the distribution of wealth varies across countries based on their economic stages, there is a universal trend observed in the distribution function.
Changhee Cho +5 more
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Re-estimating national wealth inequality with incorporating the rich lists in China
Using the two annual rich lists of Forbes and Hurun, this study estimated the parameters of Pareto distribution to describe the features of the top tail of the wealth distribution.
Chuliang Luo, Guoqiang Chen
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A study of UK household wealth through empirical analysis and a non-linear Kesten process.
We study the wealth distribution of UK households through a detailed analysis of data from wealth surveys and rich lists, and propose a non-linear Kesten process to model the dynamics of household wealth.
Samuel Forbes, Stefan Grosskinsky
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The UK's wealth distribution and characteristics of high‐wealth households [PDF]
AbstractWe show that wealth inequality in the UK is high and has increased slightly over the past decade as financial asset prices have increased in the wake of the financial crisis. But data deficiencies are a major barrier in understanding the true distribution, composition and size of household wealth.
Advani, Arun +2 more
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