Wealth Topography
Composition of household wealth in United States.
Overview
The Wealth Project
Wealth, a vital determinant of household well-being, is fundamentally different from income, yet our understanding of wealth is much less developed. Wealth offers many potential advantages to individual households. However, extreme wealth concentration compounds other socio-economic inequalities, reduces intergenerational mobility, and damages the democratic process. It is essential that researchers and policymakers examine data on wealth distribution, composition, and taxation, and scrutinize the underlying evidence and assumptions.
Salvatore Morelli, Director of the Wealth ProjectDigital Library of Research
The Digital Library is a comprehensive collection of important, innovative, and high-quality academic papers, books, and other research focused on the accumulation of wealth and wealth inequality.
Cross-National Comparisons
Research comparing wealth concentration, composition, and institutions across countries.
Determinants of Wealth and Wealth Inequality
Work on the drivers of wealth accumulation and the mechanisms behind concentration.
Taxes on Wealth
Research on estate, inheritance, and gift taxes, distinct from the separate Wealth Taxation category.
Impacts of Wealth Inequality
Evidence on the democratic, economic, and social consequences of wealth inequality.
Intergenerational Wealth
Inheritance, bequests, transfers, and related family-level dynamics.
Methods of Estimation of Wealth Inequality
Measurement debates, methodological tools, and estimation strategies.
Trends in Aggregate Wealth and Wealth Inequality
Long-run evidence on aggregate wealth and the distribution of wealth.
Wealth Taxation
Tax design, reform debates, and policy-oriented research.