WEALTH DISTRIBUTION AND INVESTMENT INCOME IN BRITAIN* Journal Articles

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 tail of the distribution from the two methods are compared.

authors

• Atkinson, AB
• Harrison, Alan James

status

• published 

publication date

• June 1974

has subject area

• 1401 Economic Theory (FoR)
• 1402 Applied Economics (FoR)
• Economics (Science Metrix)

published in

• Review of Income and Wealth, The  Journal

keywords

• 35 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services
• 38 Economics
• 3801 Applied Economics

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.1475-4991.1974.tb00914.x

start page

• 125

end page

• 142

volume

• 20

issue

• 2