While most studies on wealth inequality focus on the inequality between households, this paper examines the … distribution of wealth within couples. For this purpose, we make use of unique individual level micro data from the German socio … partnership) that might explain this wealth gap. We find that all factors contribute to the explanation of the wealth gap within …

Research on wealth inequality usually focuses on real and financial assets, while pension wealth – the present value of … and, thus, should be accounted for in peoples’ wealth portfolios. Using novel data from the Socio Economic Panel (SOEP …), we show the incidence, relevance, and distribution of individual pension wealth, net worth, and augmented wealth (the sum …

Housing property is the most important position in a household's wealth portfolio. Even though there is strong evidence … paper examines if there is a wealth effect of house prices on savings using household-level longitudinal data from the … interpret this as evidence of a housing wealth effect. …

Are entrepreneurs liquidity constraint? Using quasi-random housing wealth variation resulting from communist era …