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61. ON THE MEASUREMENT OF INHERITED WEALTH.

Author

Harbury, Colin D., Hitchens, David M., and McMahon, Patrick C.

Subjects
DECEDENTS' estates, INHERITANCE & succession, DISTRIBUTION of decedents' estates, WEALTH, ECONOMICS
Abstract

This paper aims to compare two possible measure of inherited wealth in Great Britain. One is computed by relating the size of estates left by wealth leavers in a particular year with the size of estates of their fathers. The present authors have used this measure in an attempt to throw some light on the importance of inheritance for a sample of top wealth leavers dying in the 1950s and 1960s in the country. The second measure presented in this paper introduces time into the comparison. In part I of this article the authors describe the sample data, and the results of the previous research, part II compares the growth rate criterion with the results of the previous research, and in part III the results of these research are discussed.

Published
1977
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64. Productivity, Machinery and Skills in a Sample of British and German Manufacturing Plants:Results of a Pilot Inquiry

Author

Daly, A., Hitchens, David M.W.N., and Wagner, K.

Subjects
ddc:330, ddc:300
Abstract

Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich. This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively. On the basis of interviews with management and factory floor employees at 45 matched firms in Britain and West Germany, this article examines the roles of machinery and workforce skills in explaining comparative produc tivity performance. The average age of British machinery was not very different from that found in German plants, but it was less technically advanced, was subject to more frequent breakdowns and breakdowns took longer to correct. Productivity was higher in Germany in each of our matched product groups and the importance of skills at all levels was apparent.

Published
1985

66. The myth of the self-made man

Author

Harbury, Colin and Hitchens, David

Subjects
Capitalists and financiers -- Finance, Wealth -- Origin, Literature/writing, News, opinion and commentary
Published
1980

67. REVIEWS.

Author

Hahn, F. H., Glynn, Sean, Foster, John, Craven, John, Matthews, R. C. O., Lecomber, Richard, Maddison, Angus, Pemberton, James, Sisson, Keith, Redwood, John, Jackson, Peter M., Hannah, Leslie, Kay, J. A., Hitchens, David M. W. N., Hughes, Helen, Macbean, Alasdair, Richardson, Philip, Seers, Dudley, Crook, Nigel, and Jackson, Tony

Subjects
ECONOMICS, NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews several books related to economics. "A Neoclassical Analysis of Macroeconomic Policy," by Michael Beenstock; "Profitability and Unemployment," by Edmond Malinvaud; "Further Contributions to Modern Economics," by Joan Robinson; "The Zero-Sum Society," by Lester C. Thurow; Others.

Published
1981

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