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Disabled People’s Financial Histories: Uncovering the disability wealth-penalty
McKnight, Abigail - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2014
disadvantage in terms of income than their counterparts. What is less well understood is how they fare in terms of their wealth … and household wealth holdings. We find that overall disabled people have substantially lower household wealth and all … components of wealth (property, financial, pension, physical) than non-disabled people but even these average differences mask …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010760491
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Estimates of the asset-effect: The search for a causal effect of assets on adult health and employment outcomes
McKnight, Abigail - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2011
In this paper we seek to determine the effect of assets held in early adult life on later outcomes. We specifically look at wages, employment prospects, general health and Malaise. The identification of an asset-effect throws up a number of statistical challenges as asset holding is not random....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009195562
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The impact of inheritance on the distribution of wealth: Evidence from the UK
Karagiannaki, Eleni - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2011
In this paper we examine how the distribution of wealth has been changing in UK over the period 1995 to 2005 and how … the sum of inheritance received between 1996-2004 contributed to the observed trends in wealth accumulation and wealth … growth in net worth and of a substantial decrease in wealth inequality recorded in the survey. The main driver behind both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009201160
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Estimates of the asset-effect: The search for a causal effect of assets on adult health and employment outcomes
McKnight, Abigail - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2011
In this paper we seek to determine the effect of assets held in early adult life on later outcomes. We specifically look at wages, employment prospects, general health and Malaise. The identification of an asset-effect throws up a number of statistical challenges as asset holding is not random....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009201187
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Rrecent trends in the size and the distribution of inherited wealth in the UK
Karagiannaki, Eleni - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2011
provide estimates for the overall magnitude and the distribution of inherited wealth. Our results indicate that the period … inheritances is characterized by a very high degree of inequality (comparable by and large to that observed in personal wealth) and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009201192
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The Effect of Health on Consumption Decisions in Later Life: Evidence from the UK
Karagiannaki, Eleni - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2009
The analysis in this paper focuses on the impact of health on the savings and consumption decisions of the elderly. In principle, there are at least five alternative channels through which health may affect consumption and savings. Ill health may affect both consumption capacities and needs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009201265
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The effect of parental wealth on children’s outcomes in early adulthood
Karagiannaki, Eleni - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2012
This paper presents the first UK estimates of the association between parental wealth during adolescence and a range of … children's outcomes in early adulthood. Parental wealth is positively associated with all outcomes examined (which include … association reflects the indirect effect of parental wealth on children's education whereas for homeownership the estimated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010561811
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The impact of inheritance on the distribution of wealth: Evidence from the UK
Karagiannaki, Eleni - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2011
In this paper we examine how the distribution of wealth has been changing in UK over the period 1995 to 2005 and how … the sum of inheritance received between 1996-2004 contributed to the observed trends in wealth accumulation and wealth … growth in net worth and of a substantial decrease in wealth inequality recorded in the survey. The main driver behind both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009150057
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Rrecent trends in the size and the distribution of inherited wealth in the UK
Karagiannaki, Eleni - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2011
provide estimates for the overall magnitude and the distribution of inherited wealth. Our results indicate that the period … inheritances is characterized by a very high degree of inequality (comparable by and large to that observed in personal wealth) and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009150058
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The effect of parental wealth on children’s outcomes in early adulthood
Karagiannaki, Eleni - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2012
This paper presents the first UK estimates of the association between parental wealth during adolescence and a range of … children's outcomes in early adulthood. Parental wealth is positively associated with all outcomes examined (which include … association reflects the indirect effect of parental wealth on children's education whereas for homeownership the estimated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010692138