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Inheritances and inequality over the life cycle: what will they mean for younger generations?

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Publication date
Series or book
IFS Report Series
Series or chapter number
R188
Pages
pp. 1–95
Publisher
Institute for Fiscal Studies
ISBN
978-1-80103-035-9

Summary

Inheritances have been growing as a share of national income in the UK since the 1970s. This trend looks set to continue as generations at older ages hold more wealth than their immediate predecessors but younger generations have no higher incomes than the generations born just before them.

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