We provide levels of, compositions of, and inequalities in household augmented wealth - defined as the sum of net worth … and pension wealth - for two countries: the United States and Germany. Pension wealth makes up a considerable portion of … household wealth: about 48% in the United States and 61% in Germany. The higher share in Germany narrows the wealth gap between …

the top end of the wealth distribution in Germany. The SOEP-P population has about 21 times higher net wealth on average …

, this paper analyzes the effects of participation in Riester plans on wealth at different points of the distribution. We … substantial heterogeneity in the effect of Riester participation on wealth. While Riester participation increases total net wealth …

considered as rich in a multidimensional setting. We use this framework to analyze the role of wealth, health and education, in … driven by health and to a lesser extent by wealth. …

While most studies on wealth inequality focus on the inequality between households, this paper examines the … distribution of wealth within couples. For this purpose, we make use of unique individual level micro data from the German Socio … partnership) that might explain this wealth gap. We find that all factors contribute to the explanation of the wealth gap within …

Research on wealth inequality usually focuses on real and financial assets, while pension wealth – the present value of … and, thus, should be accounted for in peoples’ wealth portfolios. Using novel data from the Socio Economic Panel (SOEP …), we show the incidence, relevance, and distribution of individual pension wealth, net worth, and augmented wealth (the sum …

We examine the gender wealth gap with a focus on pension wealth and statutory pension rights. By taking into account … datasets where information on wealth as well as on pension entitlements is collected at the individual level. Pension wealth … data is available for 2012 only. Individual level wealth data allows to analyze the gender wealth gap between women and men …

The objective of the study is to investigate the changing role of explanatory factors of wealth and the gender wealth …, portfolio composition, and marital status in this process. Results show that real mean wealth levels for the working age … population have been decreasing for both women and men since 2002 and that the wealth gap has decreased by 13.5% to 30.700€. The …

insights into the role of country-specific shocks in shaping long-run wealth dynamics. This paper presents the first … comprehensive study of wealth and its distribution in Germany since the 19th century. We combine tax and archival data, household … surveys, historical national accounts, and rich lists to analyze the evolution of the German wealth distribution over the long …