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The Size Distribution Of Personal Wealth In France (1977): A First Attempt At The Estate Duty Method

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  • Annie Fouquet
  • Dominique Strauss‐Kahn

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This paper reports upon the first official application of the estate multiplier method of estimating the wealth distribution to French data. It is based upon a sample of estate duty returns filed during the period September‐December 1977. The sampling rate was 5 percent for estates under one million francs, and 100 percent for estates over this level, giving a total of 5031 records. The data available did not permit a breakdown by type of asset. It did, however, permit classification of estates by age, sex, and occupation of decedent. Experiments were conducted using five different sets of mortality multipliers. The set of mortality multipliers judged most appropriate leads to an estimate of aggregate net wealth that is 77 percent of that given in the national balance sheet of the national accounts. Comparison of the distributions of wealth derived in these estimates suggest that the figures are consistent with those found in other countries.

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  • Annie Fouquet & Dominique Strauss‐Kahn, 1984. "The Size Distribution Of Personal Wealth In France (1977): A First Attempt At The Estate Duty Method," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 30(4), pages 403-418, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revinw:v:30:y:1984:i:4:p:403-418
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.1984.tb00488.x
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    1. Anthony Barnes Atkinson, 2006. "Concentration among the Rich," WIDER Working Paper Series RP2006-151, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).

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