remain. This is particularly true for the distribution of net wealth which is of special importance for the well-being of … individuals. Wealth provides utility in a number of ways, for instance, by acting as a buffer against negative income shocks …. Using the wealth component of the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), we find that, on average, members of western …

light on the impact of intergenerational transfers on household wealth disparities and on possible reasons for the … substantial differences in household wealth disparities among the 4 countries. Almost all of the evidence I present suggests that … intergenerational transfers have a disequalizing impact on household wealth disparities and promote the transmission of household wealth …

Cyprus, France, Italy and Slovenia, less than 10% of households are affluent in both income and net wealth. Investigating the … joint distributions of income and net wealth confirms that France demonstrates a more homogenous distribution of richness …This paper applies multidimensional affluence measures to a new dataset on income and wealth in 15 Eurozone countries …

households affluent both in income and net wealth are less than 10% except in Cyprus, France, Italy and Slovenia. Investigating … the joint distributions of income and net wealth yields that France demonstrates a more homogenous distribution of …This paper applies multidimensional affluence measures to a new dataset on income and wealth in 15 Eurozone countries …