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Why are saving rates so high in China?
Yang, Dennis Tao; Zhang, Junsen; Zhou, Shaojie - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008934967
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Why are saving rates so high in China?
Yang, Dennis Tao; Zhang, Junsen; Zhou, Shaojie - 2011
existing studies, we analyze the sources and causes of China's high and rising saving rates in the government, corporate, and … household sectors. Although the causes of China's high saving are complex, we suggest that the evolving economic, demographic … structure ; China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009126989
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A comparison of inequality and living standards in Canada and the United States using an expanded measure of economic well-being
Wolff, Edward N.; Zacharias, Ajit; Masterson, Thomas; … - 2012
We use the Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-being (LIMEW), the most comprehensive income measure available to date, to compare economic well-being in Canada and the United States in the first decade of the 21st century. This study represents the first international comparison based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009407148
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Deconstructing household wealth trends in the United States, 1983 - 2013
Wolff, Edward N. - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011559351
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Is wealth becoming more polarized in the United States?
D'Ambrosio, Conchita (contributor);  … - 2001
Recent work has documented a rising degree of wealth inequality in the United States between 1983 and 1998. In this paper, we look at another dimension of the distribution, polarization. Using techniques developed by Esteban and Ray (1994) and further extended by D'Ambrosio (2001), we examine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003206181
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A Comparison of Inequality and Living Standards in Canada and the United States Using an Expanded Measure of Economic Well-Being
Wolff, Edward N. - 2012
We use the Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-being (LIMEW), the most comprehensive income measure available to date, to compare economic well-being in Canada and the United States in the first decade of the 21st century. This study represents the first international comparison based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112809
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Household Wealth and the Measurement of Economic Well-Being in the United States
Wolff, Edward N. - 2006
The standard official measure of household economic well-being in the United States is gross money income. The general consensus is that such measures are limited because they ignore other crucial determinants of well-being. We modify the standard measure to account for one such determinant:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012733575
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A Head-To-Head Comparison of Augmented Wealth in Germany and the United States
Boenke, Timm - 2017
We provide levels of, compositions of, and inequalities in household augmented wealth – defined as the sum of net worth and pension wealth – for two countries: the United States and Germany. Pension wealth makes up a considerable portion of household wealth: about 48% in the United States...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012960058
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A Head-to-Head Comparison of Augmented Wealth in Germany and the United States
Boenke, Timm - 2017
We provide levels of, compositions of, and inequalities in household augmented wealth – defined as the sum of net worth and pension wealth – for two countries: the United States and Germany. Pension wealth makes up a considerable portion of household wealth: about 48% in the United States...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012960706
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Household Wealth Trends in the United States, 1962 to 2016 : Has Middle Class Wealth Recovered?
Wolff, Edward N. - 2017
Asset prices plunged between 2007 and 2010 but then rebounded from 2010 to 2016. The most telling finding is that median wealth plummeted by 44 percent over years 2007 to 2010. The inequality of net worth, after almost two decades of little movement, went up sharply from 2007 to 2010, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012941966