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Intergenerational transfers, in their various forms, are among the major factors determing the degree of inequality in the distribution of incomes of individuals. Other important factors are the level of education and innate abilities. These factors interact with the prices of capital and labor to produce the dispersion of incomes.
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Zilcha, I. (1998). Intergenerational Transfers, Economic Growth and Income Distribution. In: Koch, KJ., Jaeger, K. (eds) Trade, Growth, and Economic Policy in Open Economies. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-00423-4_10
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