RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In the recently published book "Los de arriba: estudios sobre la riqueza en Uruguay" (Fucvam), which includes articles by various national academics, economist Evelin Lasarga dedicated a chapter to analyzing the influence of inheritances on the distribution of wealth in the country.
The chapter begins by warning that the evidence base in Uruguay is limited for this type of work because there are "very few accumulated studies on inheritance, its characteristics and its impact on the distribution of wealth."
The paper defines inheritance as: "wealth that belonged to another individual but was legally acquired by the. . .
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