In this paper, we present updated measures of racial disparities in wealth using the most recent data from the Survey … of Consumer Finances (SCF), augmented by household-level estimates of defined benefit (DB) pension wealth developed by … Sabelhaus and Volz (2020). Including this important asset, we find that racial wealth disparities are smaller than the numbers …

on wealth and lifetime earnings we evaluate measures of retirement preparedness. We estimate heterogeneous discount … have access only to a risk‐free asset compared to when we account for the fact that much of their wealth is stored in …

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 …

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 …

English couple households born in the 1940s. Here, 'optimal' wealth holdings are those that allow households to enjoy the same … calculate this level of wealth, and compare that with how much wealth households are observed to hold. We find that the majority … of households hold more wealth than our model suggests is optimal and that this would still be true even if housing …

wealth. The regression discontinuity approach exploits two expansions of the child care pension benefit, in 1992 and in 1999 … increase in their pension wealth. From a political point of view, this suggests that the increase in individual pension wealth …

We investigate the wealth decumulation decision from the perspective of a retiree who is averse to the prospect of … choice, the most important self-reported considerations for the wealth decumulation decision are a low probability of … determinants of the decision of how much wealth individuals are willing to draw down, we identify consumers' attitudes towards …

wealth. The regression discontinuity approach exploits two expansions of the child care pension benefit, in 1992 and in 1999 … increase in their pension wealth. From a political point of view, this suggests that the increase in individual pension wealth …

relatively small reductions in consumption. Indeed, the two tax regimes generate quite similar relative inequality metrics: the … relative consumption inequality ratio under TEE is only four percent higher than in the EET case. Moreover, results indicate …