We analyze the consumption and wealth inequality in an OLG model with mandatory pension systems. Our framework features … consumption inequality and wealth inequality. Second, a pension system reform from a defined benefit to a defined contribution … works to reinforce consumption inequality and reduce wealth inequality. Third, minimum pension benefits are able to …

longevity. However, an increased number of births implies immediate private costs and only delayed public benefits of younger …

longevity. However, an increased number of births implies immediate private costs and only delayed public benefits of younger …

We develop an OLG model with realistic assumptions about longevity to analyze the welfare effects of raising the …

We develop an OLG model with realistic assumptions about longevity to analyze the welfare effects of raising the …

human wealth. The latter mitigates permanent-income inequality, though its influence is diminished by the growing importance … of assets in lifetime wealth. Average expenditures and CE inequality roughly doubled between 1983 and 2016 and, to weigh … consumption, as well as uncertainty and demographic composition. Rising inequality has offset about 1/4 of the welfare gains from …

on inequality, but this effect has waned over time due to the growing importance of assets in lifetime wealth portfolios … wealth portfolios. We estimate the distribution of human wealth using nonparametric identification results that allow for … processes or utility. Accounting for the value of human capital delivers a different view of inequality: (i) in 2016 the top 10 …

A method to impute consumption expenditure inequality between wealth groups in the Survey of Consumer Finances is … increases in wealth inequality have passed through to consumption. Repeating this exercise in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics … provided, allowing for measurement error that is correlated with income and wealth. Identification is derived from observing …