found in the literature between cognitive ability, and in particular numeracy, and wealth, income constant. We have a number … suggest that causality is more likely to run from pension wealth to pension knowledge, rather than the other way around … forms of wealth. Rather, counting pensions in total wealth, those with more valuable pensions save more for retirement …

rises in wealth in the cross-section of households in the Survey of Consumer Finances. For a given household, the portfolio … share can fall in response to an increase in wealth, even though the model implies decreasing relative risk aversion …

, we show that the fraction of household ownership decreases with measures of the tax benefits of holding stocks inside tax …

.Most families experienced a decline in wealth between 2007 and 2009, but many families saw only small changes on net, and others saw … substantial increases in their wealth. This pattern of gains and losses typically holds within demographic groups. Changes in … families' wealth over the period appear to reflect changes in asset values (particularly the value of homes, stocks, and …

with greater wealth-at-risk are more likely to hold health insurance. The implicit insurance from bankruptcy distorts the …

We estimate the level and distribution of global household wealth. The levels of assets and debts for 39 countries are … lacking direct evidence. Data on the pattern of household distribution of wealth are assembled for 20 countries, which … measured using household balance sheet and survey data centred on the year 2000. The determinants of mean financial assets, non …

wealth accumulation is to finance future consumption, either their own or that of heirs. The paper concludes that the … simplest model that explains the relevant facts is one in which either consumers regard the accumulation of wealth as an end in … itself, or unspent wealth yields a flow of services (such as power or social status) which have the same practical effect on …

wealth. Moving is often associated with retirement and with precipitating shocks like the death of a spouse or by other … changes in marital status. Median housing wealth increases as the elderly age. Even when the elderly move, housing equity is … transaction cost associated with moving is apparently not the cause for the lack of the reduction in housing wealth as the elderly …

median wealth plummeted by 44 percent over years 2007 to 2010. The inequality of net worth, after almost two decades of … in median net worth and the rise in overall wealth inequality over these years are largely traceable to the high leverage … of middle class families and the high share of homes in their portfolio. Mean and median wealth rebounded from 2010 to …