Class Origin, Intergenerational Transfers, & the Gender Wealth Gap

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Dr Nhat An Trinh will present her new work.

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This study pursues two objectives: First, to describe how gender disparities in wealth levels vary by parental class and second, to examine the contribution of intergenerational transfers to these differences. It thereby sheds light on the hitherto neglected interplay between family background and gender in shaping wealth inequality. Using representative survey data from Germany, I find pronounced absolute and relative gaps in personal net wealth to the disadvantage of women. The largest wealth gaps are observed between men and women from the most advantaged backgrounds, for whom parental transfers of business and financial assets are strongly gendered. For these individuals, gender gaps would be reduced by around 40 per cent if transfers were allocated equally. For those from lower class origins, equalising transfers would not reduce gender gaps despite observed differences in the allocation of real estate and cash. Intergenerational transfers thus emerge as driver of gender wealth inequality at the very top of the class origin hierarchy.About the speaker:Nhat An is a Research Officer at the Institute for New Economic Thinking and the Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, and a Non-Stipendiary Research Fellow of Nuffield College.Her research focuses on trends, causes, and consequences of social inequality from an intra- and intergenerational perspective. She is interested in examining how disadvantage emerges within the family, develops over the life-course, and is transmitted from parents to children. Ongoing work investigates how social class structures earnings trajectories, the role of parental gifts and inheritances for wealth inequality, and social mobility among children of immigrants.Previously, she was a Research Fellow at the Department of Social Sciences at Humboldt University of Berlin. She holds a DPhil in Social Policy from the University of Oxford, which she completed in 2022. Her doctoral research was funded by the German National Academic Scholarship Foundation.N﻿otes:With the speakers permission, this event will recorded and added to our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPHX8AJy-xOlNgDltU9bQpA" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">YouTube channel</a> at a later date.Eventbrite processes data (including any personal data you may submit by booking this event) outside of the European Economic Area. Please only submit any personal data which you are happy to have processed in this way, and in accordance with Eventbrite’s privacy policy applicable to respondents (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/support/articles/en_US/Troubleshooting/eventbrite-privacy-policy).If you prefer not to use Eventbrite for responding to this invitation, you may respond directly to events@inet.ox.ac.uk

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