Wealth

Wealth is the measure of a person’s net worth including income and assets such as a retirement account or home equity.

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Does incarceration affect inequality during old age?

  • Ngina Chiteji
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2014
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Post-1970 Trends in Within-Country Inequality and Poverty: Rich and Middle Income Countries

  • Salvatore Morelli, Timothy Smeeding, and Jeffrey Thompson
  • Discussion Paper
  • 2014
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The Balance Sheets of Low-Income People

  • J. Michael Collins
  • Podcasts
  • 2012
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From income to consumption: Understanding the transmission of inequality

  • Richard Blundell
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2011
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Asset-Based Measurement of Poverty

  • Andrea Brandolini, Silvia Magri, and Timothy M. Smeeding
  • Discussion Paper
  • 2009