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 …

little has been known about them. As a result, the full extent of wealth concentration in Germany was unknown. To close the … previously it was thought to only be 59 percent. The richest percent of the population has around 35 percent of the wealth, not … million euros. These individuals do not only differ from the rest of the population in terms of wealth: They are also more …

's birth place is an important determinant for wealth in adulthood. We exploit a new dataset that oversamples wealthy … individuals in Germany and includes information on birth district, current residence, individual wealth, gifts and inheritances … and parental background. To identify the effect of economic growth on children's wealth we match the population of heirs …

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 …

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 …

rich to answer this question. We identify the key predictors for belonging to the top 1 percent of income, wealth, and both …

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 …

0,78 (SOEP) auf rund 0,81 (SOEP+SOEP-TS). Eine detaillierte Betrachtung von Vermögensmillionären im Vergleich zur …