evolution of wealth inequality measures. Our findings suggest that expansionary monetary policy shocks lead to an increase in … wealth inequality and contributed significantly to its fluctuations. This effect is heterogenous across the wealth …We use detailed micro information at household level from the Wealth and Assets Survey to construct measures of wealth …

In this paper, I study the role of housing for wealth accumulation and the determination of the equilibrium real … between 1980 and 2018 of almost 4 percentage points (pp), an increase in the wealth-to-income ratio of almost 250 pp and an … increase in the share of housing wealth of almost 8 pp. All of these patterns are broadly in line with the empirical …

male wage inequality on her local marriage market - the more heterogeneous potential future mates are in terms of earnings …

inequality over the life cycle and of the individual-level degree of consumption insurance against persistent earnings shocks … generate enough concentration at the upper tail of the wealth distribution. …

Understanding the drivers of wealth transfers during life is crucial to understanding the intergenerational … transmission of inequality, the optimal design of social insurance, and the efficacy of expansionary fiscal policy. To shed light … on this, we analyse the relationships between giving and receiving significant wealth transfers and experiencing key life …