an in-depth analysis of micro-based data on household wealth across OECD countries. The analysis addresses several …This paper produces new evidence and stylised facts on housing, wealth accumulation and wealth distribution, relying on …-economic characteristics such as income, wealth and age? What is the weight of housing in households’ balance sheets and how does this vary …

distribution of household income changed during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Second, we use pre-pandemic data on child …

) for individuals' wealth accumulation. Using survey data from the German SAVE initiative, we find strong gender- and … education-related differences in the distribution of the two variables and their effects on wealth: As financial literacy rises … become strongly underconfident with higher education, while men remain overconfident. Regarding wealth accumulation, we show …

-quarter of total household wealth in Europe provides further corroboration for this finding. …In this paper, we analyze the saving motives of European households using micro-data from the Household Finance and …