The definition and operationalization of wealth information in population surveys and the corresponding microdata requires a wide range of more or less normative assumptions. However, the decisions made in both the pre- and post-data-collection stage may interfere considerably with the...

Einkommensungleichheit und relative Einkommensarmut dominieren seit langem die sozialpolitische Diskussion in Deutschland, während – auch aus Gründen eingeschränkter Datenverfügbarkeit – die personelle Vermögensverteilung vergleichsweise unzureichend erforscht ist. Der vorliegende...

Economic research on the determinants of gender differences in economic outcomes particularly in income and consumption is well established. Extending these investigations to other outcomes such as wealth up till now has been limited due to lack of individual-level data. Using the German...