Wealth is an increasingly important dimension of economic well-being and is attracting rising attention in discussions … of social inequality. In this paper, we compare - within and across countries - wealth outcomes, and link those to both … employment-related factors and policy solutions that have the potential to improve wealth creation and retirement security for …

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 …

We investigate the explanatory factors that have contributed to changing wealth levels and the gender wealth gap in … composition, and marital status on wealth accumulation. Using individual level micro data from the German Socio-Economic Panel … results show that real mean wealth levels for the working age population have been decreasing for both women and men since …

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 30.700â …

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 …

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 …

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

Using harmonized wealth data and a novel decomposition approach in this literature, we show that cohort effects exist … the association between household wealth portfolios at the intensive margin (the level of assets) and household …-country differences in asset and debt levels, except for housing wealth, which displays large unexplained differences for both the under …