Genetic Endowments and Wealth Inequality

We show that genetic endowments linked to educational attainment strongly and robustly predict wealth at retirement. The estimated relationship is not fully explained by flexibly controlling for education and labor income. We therefore investigate a host of additional mechanisms that could account f...

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Veröffentlicht in:The journal of political economy. - 1969. - 128(2020), 4 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 1474-1522
1. Verfasser: Barth, Daniel (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Papageorge, Nicholas W, Thom, Kevin
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2020
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:The journal of political economy
Schlagworte:Journal Article Beliefs D14 D31 Education and Genetics G11 H55 I24 Inequality J24 mehr... Portfolio Decisions Wealth