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Intergenerational transfers : how do they shape the German wealth distribution?
Werder, Marten von - 2018
of German households. Similar to most other central European countries, Germany is likely to face a period of increasing …
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The pattern of home ownership across cohorts and its impact on the net wealth distribution : empirical evidence from Germany and the US
Alik-Lagrange, Arthur; Schmidt, Tobias - 2015
over cohorts on the distribution of net wealth we impose the homeownership pattern of the US on Germany and ask: What would … the net wealth distribution in Germany look like if German households were distributed across tenure status along cohorts … to the wealth distribution. Imposing the structure of the US on Germany leads to a large increase in the German median …
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Erbschaft und Eigenleistung im Vermögen der Deutschen : eine Verteilungsanalyse
Bönke, Timm; Corneo, Giacomo; Westermeier, Christian - 2015
This paper investigates the role of inheritance in the distribution of wealth in Germany. Recently collected survey …Wir gehen der Frage nach, ob die gegenwärtige Vermögensungleichheit in Deutschland auf eine Dominanz von Erbschaften im …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010508585
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Wealth and subjective well-being in Germany
Jantsch, Antje; Le Blanc, Julia; Schmidt, Tobias - 2022
Wealth in addition to income determines to a large degree an individual’s consumption opportunities and economic situation, which should in turn affect their subjective well-being. We analyse empirically the relationship between life satisfaction as an indicator of subjective well being and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013171766
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Estimating regional wealth in Germany : how different are East and West really?
Kreutzmann, Ann-Kristin; Marek, Philipp; Salvati, Nicola; … - 2019
(Raumordnungsregionen) in Germany based on the second wave of the Panel on Household Finances (PHF) conducted by the Deutsche Bundesbank in …. Although the paper is particularly focused on Germany, the approach proposed is applicable to surveys with a similar data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012101276
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Intergenerational transfers and wealth in the Euro-area : the relevance of inheritances and gifts in absolute and relative terms
Tiefensee, Anita; Westermeier, Christian - 2016
Private wealth is a crucial factor for the economic well-being of households. Key determinants of private wealth include intergenerational wealth transfers (gifts and inheritances), which are gaining importance since 1990, as research suggests. We conduct a detailed investigation of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440820
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Intertemporal elasticity of substitution and the transitional dynamics and steady state of wealth distribution
Emoto, Masakazu; Nakamura, Tamotsu - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012657779
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Poverty traps in Markov models of theevolution of wealth
Blume, Lawrence E.; Durlauf, Steven N.; Lukina, Aleksandra - 2020
Poverty trap models are dynamical systems with more than one attractor. Similar dynamical systems arise in optimal growth and macroeconomic models. These systems are often studied empirically by ad hoc methods relying on intuition from deterministic systems, such as looking for multiple peaks in...
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The impact of communist party membership on wealth distribution and accumulation in urban China
Targa, Matteo; Yang, Li - 2023
This paper provides the first in-depth investigation into the evolution of the wealth gap between CCP and non-CCP households in urban China from 1995 to 2017. We apply unconditional quantile regression (UQR) to analyze the variations in the premiums of party membership across the wealth...
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The marginal utility of income
Layard, Peter R. G. (contributor); Mayraz, Guy (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003440205