.g., self-employment, no migration background, inheritances, high income) that decrease the wealth gap for women increase it for …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 …

.g., self-employment, no migration background, inheritances, high income) that decrease the wealth gap for women increase it for …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 …

We study the effectiveness of intra-household insurance among married couples when the husband loses his job due to a … gains recover only a tiny fraction of the household income loss and, in the short-term, public transfers and taxes are a … more important form of insurance. We show that the presence of children in the household is a crucial determinant of the …

small, about -0:04. While the wives' earnings gains recover only a tiny fraction of the household income loss, public …. The presence and ages of children in the household are crucial determinants of the wife's labor supply response. The most … children or wives without children remain unresponsive. We thus conclude that Austria's strong gender identity norms are an …

by age, education, wealth, sex and household composition. In aggregate, social assistance dominates unemployment …