By 1992, pensions and retiree health insurance represented one quarter of the wealth of families on the verge of … total wealth of each household in the Health and Retirement Study by $67,000 in 1992 dollars, raising wealth from employer … benefits among covered workers. All classes of wealth holders enjoyed increased wealth from employer provided retirement plans …

of the income distribution with means tests aimed at those in the top quarter of the wealth distribution. Both means … are both in the top quarter of income recipients and in the top quarter of wealth holders. Another 10.5 percent are top … quarter income recipients, but not top quarter wealth holders; with an additional 10.5 percent top quarter wealth holders, but …

By 1992, pensions and retiree health insurance represented one quarter of the wealth of families on the verge of … total wealth of each household in the Health and Retirement Study by $67,000 in 1992 dollars, raising wealth from employer … benefits among covered workers. All classes of wealth holders enjoyed increased wealth from employer provided retirement plans …

Effects of the Great Recession varied with the household's initial wealth. Those who were in the highest wealth deciles … those falling in lower wealth deciles, they have yet to regain all the wealth they lost during the recession …Much of the decline in wealth over the 2006 to 2010 period was cushioned by wealth originating from Social Security and …

This paper uses data from the Health and Retirement Study to examine the effects of the Great Recession on the wealth … wealth in 2012 remained 3.6 percent below its 2006 value. This is a modest decline considering the fall in asset values … during the Great Recession.Much of the decline in wealth over the 2006 to 2010 period was cushioned by wealth originating …