Date of Completion
5-4-2018
Embargo Period
5-3-2018
Keywords
Inequality, Wealth, Fertility
Major Advisor
Kai Zhao
Associate Advisor
Hyun Lee
Associate Advisor
Francis Ahking
Field of Study
Economics
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Open Access
Open Access
Abstract
In two linked papers I show the importance of fertility to the wealth distribution and how fertility interacts with intergenerational transfer taxation. In a third paper I empirically explore the impact of recession on occupational sorting, using public school teachers as a relatively acyclical comparison occupation.
Recommended Citation
Cooke, Aaron, "Three Essays on Wealth and Income Inequality" (2018). Doctoral Dissertations. 1867.
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/dissertations/1867
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