.2. Among households age 30 to 70 with a head employed full-time, the ratio of equity assets to total wealth (net worth … plus human wealth) had a mean value of 4.2%.3. The decreases in stock market indexes between 2007 and 2009 had substantial … impacts on the wealth of only a small proportion of working households, with a mean potential loss in wealth due to stock …

effect of wealth shocks on household consumption and individual expectations of the future. Many household experienced a … significant wealth shocks, but these shocks led to modest spending effects and small revisions to expectations regarding future … bequests. Expectations of bequests seem particularly tied to housing wealth. …

High household wealth is often cited as a key strength of the Italian economy. Both in absolute terms and relative to … income, the Italian household sector is wealthier than most euro area peers. A sizable fraction of this wealth is held by the … rich and upper middle classes. This paper documents the changes in the Italian household sector's financial wealth over the …