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 …

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 …

This paper provides a first glance at the role of income and wealth in comparing economic security of older persons in … both social insurance and public assistance; and they have very different patterns of private wealth holding. The paper is … based on a new source of wealth micro data, known as the Luxembourg Wealth Study (LWS).In this paper, we first develop a …

We examine the gender wealth gap with a focus on pension wealth and statutory pension rights. By taking into account … rights reduces the gender wealth gap. The data for our analysis come from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), one of the … few surveys collecting information on wealth and pension entitlements at the individual level. Pension wealth data are …

We examine the gender wealth gap with a focus on pension wealth and statutory pension rights. By taking into account … rights reduces the gender wealth gap. The data for our analysis come from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), one of the … few surveys collecting information on wealth and pension entitlements at the individual level. Pension wealth data are …

We examine the gender wealth gap with a focus on pension wealth and statutory pension rights. By taking into account … rights reduces the gender wealth gap. The data for our analysis come from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), one of the … few surveys collecting information on wealth and pension entitlements at the individual level. Pension wealth data are …

has the last word in financial decisions. -- wealth gap ; wealth inequality ; intra-household allocation ; gender …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 …

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

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 …