We analyze the top tail of the wealth distribution in Germany, France, Spain, and Greece based on the Household Finance … and Consumption Survey (HFCS). Since top wealth is likely to be underrepresented in household surveys we integrate the big … of household wealth in Germany jumps up from 24 percent in the HFCS alone to 33 percent after top wealth imputation. For …

recession, resulting in a substantial rise in unemployment, and income and wealth inequality. This paper uses longitudinal data … from the Survey of Household Finances over the period 2002 to 2014 to examine the distributions of income and wealth in … both income and wealth following the sharp decline in house prices that occurred since 2008, with house price fluctuations …

Using harmonized wealth data and a novel decomposition approach in this literature, we show that cohort effects exist … the association between household wealth portfolios at the intensive margin (the level of assets) and household …-country differences in asset and debt levels, except for housing wealth, which displays large unexplained differences for both the under …

important characteristic of this survey is that it oversamples high-wealth households. Another important characteristic of the … the changes in income, asset holdings, and wealth of Spanish households between the end of 2002 and 2005 …

The study empirically tests whether regional differences in personal taxes (Personal Income Tax, Wealth Tax, and … Inheritance and Gift tax) have had some influence on the decision of the richest Spanish taxpayers to change their residence. The …

-deck procedures.Using descriptive statistics of the marginal and conditional distributions of income and wealth and estimating mean …