Journal article
WEALTH DISTRIBUTION AND INVESTMENT INCOME IN BRITAIN*
Abstract
This paper examines two different approaches to the estimation of the size distribution of wealth. The first section describes new estimates for the distribution in Britain in 1968 using the estate method and discusses the sensitivity of the results to the main assumptions. The second section presents preliminary estimates using the investment data, a method which has not been widely used. In the final section the results obtained for the upper …
Authors
Atkinson AB; Harrison AJ
Journal
Review of Income and Wealth, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 125–142
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
6 1974
DOI
10.1111/j.1475-4991.1974.tb00914.x
ISSN
0034-6586