This paper studies the distribution of U.S. household income and wealth over the past seven decades. We introduce a … newly compiled household-level dataset based on archival data from historical waves of the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF … between the 25th and 75th percentile of the distribution. The household data also reveal that the paths of income and wealth …

This paper provides a household-level perspective on the rise of global saving and wealth since the 1980s. We calculate … China. In the past four decades, global saving inequality has risen sharply. The share of household saving flows coming from … the richest 10% of household increased by 60% while saving of middle-class households has fallen sharply. The most …

This paper studies the heterogeneity of the marginal propensity to consume out of wealth based on French household …