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Report summary: inheritances and inequality over the life cycle: what will they mean for younger generations?

  • Publication Type: Report
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  • Series: IFS Report Series

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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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https://www.ifs.org.uk/publications/15407

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