This paper provides a quantitative assessment of the impact of economic growth on wealthinequality. Using both aggregate and micro-level data, we document that a worsening of theeconomic outlook determines a fall in expected children income. As a consequence parentsreduce fertility and increase...

Has there been an increase in positive assortative mating? Does assortative mating contribute to household income inequality? Data from the United States Census Bureau suggests there has been a rise in assortative mating. Additionally, assortative mating affects household income inequality. In...

The recently published Household Finance and Consumption Survey has revealed large differences in wealth inequality between the countries of the Euro area. We find a strong negative correlation between wealth inequality and homeownership rates across countries. We use two decomposition methods...