In this paper, we analyze the wealth accumulation and saving behavior of the retired elderly in Italy using micro data … from the "Survey of Italian Households' Income and Wealth," a panel survey of households conducted every two years by the … Bank of Italy. We find that, on average, the retired elderly in Italy are decumulating their wealth (dissaving) but that …

Despite its relevance in 19th-century economics, wealth -its accumulation, composition, and distribution- has largely …, Italy presented a historically high value of total private wealth but had relatively small relevance in total bequests flows … in proportion to national income. Then, we present novel estimates of wealth concentration between 1863 and 1914 …