Given differences in public saving programs between Sweden and the United States, an examination of household private … wealth accumulation in these two countries can be enlightening. In this paper we examine wealth inequality and mobility in … Sweden and the United States over the past decade. We show that wealth inequality has been significantly greater in the U …

combining data from multiple surveys, we create an integrated measure of volatility in available household resources, accounting … for fluctuations in income and out-of-pocket medical expenses, as well as financial wealth sufficient to buffer against …

housing markets are therefore key to understanding personal portfolios, saving, the household distribution of wealth, and the …Housing is the single most important component of personal wealth in most countries. The special characteristics of … consumption of housing as a component of personal wealth. The impacts of rates of home ownership, credit market characteristics …

household financial assets. Our results suggest that banks information policies have the potential to be an effective tool to … increase individuals' financial literacy and that the relationship between financial literacy and wealth is largely …

household level information on consumption, income and portfolio holdings. We propose to use data on equity fund ownership to … we distinguish between two dimensions: variation in the share of equity funds in fund-holder's wealth (the intensive …-specific labor income risk hold a larger fraction of their wealth in (out-of-region) funds. Secondly, for a region as a whole, risk …

Retirement in Europe (SHARE), which has detailed data on wealth and portfolio composition of individuals aged 50+ in 11 European …