Wealth and Gender in Europe

It is well known that both income and wealth are important determinants of house-holds’ economic well-being. Inequality in economic well-being of households as measured by income or earnings is very well documented, and differences in income between women and men have received wide attention in the literature. House-holds’ well-being as measured by wealth, on the other hand, has not received as much attention and gender differences in this respect even less. In order to begin to fill this gap, the goal of this report is, therefore, to document the living standards of households from the point of view of wealth accumulation and to identify the extent of these differences between women and men.