consumption volatility. A household's currently observed poverty status might therefore not be a good indicator of the household …'s general poverty risk, or in other words its vulnerability to poverty. Although several measurements to analyze vulnerability …

We use the Italian Survey of Household Income and Wealth, a rather unique dataset with a long time dimension of panel … contained in the joint dynamics of income, consumption and wealth to quantify the degree of insurance against income risk. The … information on consumption, income and wealth, to structurally estimate a buffer-stock saving model. We exploit the information …

We use the Italian Survey of Household Income and Wealth, a rather unique dataset with a long time dimension of panel … contained in the joint dynamics of income, consumption and wealth to quantify the degree of insurance against income risk. The … information on consumption, income and wealth, to structurally estimate a buffer-stock saving model. We exploit the information …

We use the Italian Survey of Household Income and Wealth, a rather unique dataset with a long time dimension of panel … contained in the joint dynamics of income, consumption and wealth to quantify the degree of insurance against income risk … information on consumption, income and wealth, to structurally estimate a buffer-stock saving model. We exploit the information …

I consider as misplaced the current emphasis on income and wealth inequalities as compared to the socially more … of income and wealth inequalities over time (since 1920): The share of the top 1% of earners followed a downward trend …-29 decade. The share of the top 10% of earners followed a similar movement. The same picture is observed for wealth inequality …