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Becker-Tomes model: a standalone construct

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Economics of inequality

a model of how parents' investments in children and inherited endowments transmit income and inequality across generations.

In economics of inequality, Becker-Tomes model refers to a model of how parents' investments in children and inherited endowments transmit income and inequality across generations. This meaning comes from Becker (1979) in Journal of Political Economy.[1]

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References

Becker, G. S., & Tomes, N. (1979). An Equilibrium Theory of the Distribution of Income and Intergenerational Mobility. Journal of Political Economy, 87(6), 1153-1189. https://doi.org/10.1086/260831

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