We study the role of parental wealth for children's educational and occupational outcomes across three types of welfare … states and outline a theoretical model that assumes parental wealth to impact offspring's attainment through two mechanisms …, wealth’s purchasing function and its insurance function. We argue that welfare states can limit the purchasing function of …

Sweden and the United States over the past decade. We show that wealth inequality has been significantly greater in the U …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 …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 …

This paper applies multidimensional affluence measures to a new dataset on income and wealth in 15 Eurozone countries …. We start our analysis by examining the income and wealth distributions separately for each country, and extend it to a … multidimensional setting by considering the joint distribution of income and wealth. The results indicate that, with the exception of …

This paper applies multidimensional affluence measures to a new dataset on income and wealth in 15 Eurozone countries …. We start our analysis by examining the income and wealth distributions separately for each country, and extend it to a … multidimensional setting by considering the joint distribution of income and wealth. The results indicate that the percentage of …

wealth distribution. Life changing situations such as getting divorced or losing one's job have a statistically significant …