In this paper we examine the role of intergenerational transfers in the wealth accumulation of Italian households …. Received transfers represent an important share of the net wealth held by households. Direct estimates referring to 2002 range … considered in a lifetime perspective. Households receiving transfers show higher levels of lifetime income, consumption, net …

/labour shares) have not been fully transmitted to the distribution of primary income between households because other institutional …

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 … criterion to rank them but that the retirement motive is the most important saving motive of European households if the …

Using a model where households can save in either a safe asset or in an illiquid, tax-advantaged pension, we assess the … households have wealth levels far greater than necessary to maintain their living standards into and through retirement. …

estimated model implies that Italian households can insure between 89 and 95 percent of a transitory and between 7 and 9 percent … Italian households do not have access to significant insurance beyond self-insurance. …

This paper uses a matching method to provide an estimate of the nativity wealth gap among older households in Europe …, the average gap may be misleading as the distribution of the gap reveals that immigrant households in the upper part of … comparable native households. A heterogeneity analysis shows the importance of origin, age at migration and citizenship status in …