novel survey data from the top of the wealth distribution, which have been added to the 2019 German Socio-economic Panel … Study. The data include private wealth balance sheets, in particular the value of own private business assets, and a … share of their wealth in their own businesses when they are more willing to take risks. These associations are stronger …

attainment independently predict household wealth in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). This relationship is partly explained … gradient in wealth.We show that individuals with lower genetic scores are more prone to reporting "extreme beliefs" (e … wealth disparities not only through education and higher earnings, but also through their impact on the ability to process …

with respect to wealth holdings and financial decisions. Immigrant household heads hold less net wealth than native, but … only above the median of the wealth distribution, with housing as the main driver. Immigrant status reduces the likelihood … worsened the condition of immigrants in terms of wealth holdings, home ownership, and financial fragility. …

Using harmonized wealth data and a novel decomposition approach, we show that cohort effects exist in the income …

This paper analyzes the relationship between individuals' locus of control and their savings behavior, i.e. wealth …-of-control gap in savings rates is largest among rich households, the gap in wealth accumulation is particularly large for poor … households. Finally, households with an internal reference person and average net worth hold significantly less financial wealth …