Using the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS), a large micro-level dataset on households’ wealth in fifteen … participation as well as levels of asset holdings and investigate the systematic relationships between household characteristics and … holds risky assets. The ownership rates of all asset categories generally increase with wealth (and income). The …

inequality in household wealth in all 8 countries. …We use data from the European Household Finance and Consumption Survey in order to examine the distributional effect of … intergenerational wealth transfers on the net worth distribution in 8 European countries and compare it to recent findings for the US …

are still below the western German levels. This particularly holds for private net wealth, which reaches only about 40% of … study is designed to develop regional wealth indicators for the 16 federal states and for the 96 regional planning regions … (Raumordnungsregionen) in Germany based on the second wave of the Panel on Household Finances (PHF) conducted by the Deutsche Bundesbank in …

The Panel on Household Finances (PHF) is a new panel survey on household finances and wealth in Germany conducted by …. -- Survey data ; household panel ; family economics ; household finance ; wealth distribution ; portfolio choice … self-contained and comprehensive survey on household finances in Germany, the PHF is part of the Household Finance and …

In this empirical paper we analyze the link between homeownership across cohorts and the net wealth distribution. In … particular we are interested in the effect of the pattern of ownership across cohorts. Given that wealth accumulates over the … cohorts, should be related to current wealth levels and inequality. In order to gauge the effect of the ownership structure …

well-being using micro-data from the German wealth survey, Panel on Household Finances - PHF, for 2010 and 2014. Using …Wealth in addition to income determines to a large degree an individual’s consumption opportunities and economic … satisfaction as an indicator of subjective well being and households’ wealth. We contribute to the scarce literature on wealth and …

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 distribution of wealth transfers in eight Euro-area countries. First, we …