It is well known that both income and wealth are important determinants of house-holds’ economic well-being. Inequality … in economic well-being of households as measured by income or earnings is very well documented, and differences in income … between women and men have received wide attention in the literature. House-holds’ well-being as measured by wealth, on the …

The consumption of goods and services in EEA member countries is a major driver of global resource use — and associated … European consumption taking place beyond Europe. Food and drink, housing, mobility and tourism are responsible for a large part … of the pressures and impacts caused by consumption in the EU. Achieving significant reductions in environmental pressures …

of consumption and production patterns. It begins with a review of key recent environmental trends in the region, then … production and consumption patterns. Addressing environmental challenges in a sustainable manner requires a close review of …

received a wealth transfer and these accounted for 23 percent of their net worth. Over the lifetime, about 30 percent of … households could expect to receive a wealth transfer and these would account for close to 40 percent of their net worth near time … reporting a wealth transfer fell by 2.5 percentage points. The average value of inheritances received among all households did …

We study taxable wealth in unique Swedish administrative data, annually following a large sample of households over a … period of almost 40 years. The main data limitation is non-observability of wealth for those below the tax exemption level …. This implies that much of the focus of the paper is on the rich, since we are confined to those whose wealth becomes …

This paper analyses the existence of an immigrant/native wealth gap by using household survey data for Luxembourg …, Germany and Italy. The results show that, in all three countries, a sizeable wealth gap exists between natives and immigrants …. Towards the upper tail of the wealth distribution the gap narrows to a small extent. This gap persists even after controlling …