lack of reliable panel data on household expenditures. One possibility is to use surveys that follow the same households … alternative approach is to use the accounting identity that total household spending is equal to income plus capital gains minus … the change in wealth over the period. The goal of this paper is to examine the advantages and difficulties of using this …

and wealth inequality, and studies how they have developed. The analysis shows less wage dispersion in Spain than in other … inequality in per capita income. The level of inequality in Spain is more moderate when total gross household income is analysed … of a decrease in expenditure on consumer durables by low-income households. Wealth inequality exceeds income inequality …

from the Survey of Household Finances over the period 2002 to 2014 to examine the distributions of income and wealth in … group incomes rising. In addition, higher levels of mobility within the middle of the household wealth distribution are … recession, resulting in a substantial rise in unemployment, and income and wealth inequality. This paper uses longitudinal data …

This paper studies the heterogeneity of the marginal propensity to consume out of wealth based on French household … surveys. This heterogeneity is driven by differences in both wealth composition and wealth levels. We find a decreasing … marginal propensity to consume out of wealth across the wealth distribution for all net wealth components. The marginal …

This study presents estimates of multi-dimensional household inequality in Australia from the 2001-2017. Household … earnings inequality shows a decreasing trend, while inequality for household disposable income, non-durable consumption …

Finances. The household-level data allow us to study the joint distributions of household income and wealth since 1949. We … shift the wealth distribution because the composition and leverage of household portfolios differ systematically along the … all American households have less wealth today in real terms than the median household had in 1970 …

This paper provides a household-level perspective on the rise of global saving and wealth since the 1980s. We calculate … asset-specific saving flows and capital gains across the wealth distribution for the G3 economies – the U.S., Europe, and … China. In the past four decades, global saving inequality has risen sharply. The share of household saving flows coming from …

This paper provides a household-level perspective on the rise of global saving and wealth since the 1980s. We calculate … asset-specific saving flows and capital gains across the wealth distribution for the G3 economies - the U.S., Europe, and … China. In the past four decades, global saving inequality has risen sharply. The share of household saving flows coming from …

This paper studies the distribution of U.S. household income and wealth over the past seven decades. We introduce a … between the 25th and 75th percentile of the distribution. The household data also reveal that the paths of income and wealth … inequality deviated substantially. Differences in the composition of household portfolios along the wealth distribution explain …