criterion to rank them but that the retirement motive is the most important saving motive of European households if the …In this paper, we analyze the saving motives of European households using micro-data from the Household Finance and … most important saving motive of European households when the proportion of households saving for each motive is used as the …

the age structure of the population on the saving rate, the saving behavior of retired households, saving motives, the … literature on household saving behavior in Japan (with emphasis on the author's own past research) to shed light on whether or …

version of the selfish life-cycle model and then survey the literature on household saving and bequest behavior in Japan in …

This chapter is concerned with the distribution of personal wealth, which usually refers to the material assets that … on wealth distribution for a number of countries. This confirms the well known fact that wealth is more unequally … distributed than income, and points to a long term downward trend in wealth inequality over most of the twentieth century. We also …

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

the age structure of the population on the saving rate, the saving behavior of retired households, saving motives, the … literature on household saving behavior in Japan (with emphasis on the author's own past research) to shed light on whether or …