The Distribution of Wealth.

The pattern of income distribution and wealth from the perspective of the Holy Quran

Abstract An optimal pattern is expected to simplify complex phenomena on a small scale. The pattern of income distribution and wealth from the perspective of the Holy Quran to the systematic set of foundations and infrastructures (such as the true ownership of God (his will) on existence, the substitution of man and the trustworthiness of property in his hands); goals (spirituality, justice ...

Distribution of Wealth

Models of the Distribution of Wealth

In this paper we review some of the computable general equilibrium models based on unin-surable shocks to earnings that can be used to account for diierences in wealth holdings across households. We explore their ability to generate the key properties of the data (which we summarize by (a) a very small amount of wealth among the poorest 40% of the population (about 2% of total wealth), (b) a ve...

Wealth Distribution within Couples

Wealth Distribution within Couples While most studies on wealth inequality focus on the inequality between households, this paper examines the distribution of wealth within couples. For this purpose, we make use of unique individual level micro data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP). In married and cohabiting couples men’s net worth, on average, is 33,000 euros higher than women...

The distribution of wealth and redistributive policies∗

We study the dynamics of the distribution of wealth in an Overlapping Generation economy with bequest and various forms of redistributive taxation. We characterize the transitional dynamics of the wealth distribution and as well as the stationary distribution. We show that the stationary wealth distribution is a Pareto distribution. Wealth is less concentrated (the Gini coefficient is lower) fo...