household level data for 2007 and 2009 in the United States - the Survey of Consumer Finances. We find that asset diversity … wealth distribution. Life changing situations such as getting divorced or losing one's job have a statistically significant …

household level data for 2007 and 2009 in the United States - the Survey of Consumer Finances. We find that asset diversity … wealth distribution. Life changing situations such as getting divorced or losing one’s job have a statistically significant …

Given differences in public saving programs between Sweden and the United States, an examination of household private … wealth accumulation in these two countries can be enlightening. In this paper we examine wealth inequality and mobility in … Sweden and the United States over the past decade. We show that wealth inequality has been significantly greater in the U …