Einfluß des Liquiditätseffektes neben der Höhe des Vermögens von großer Bedeutung. Einkünfte aus Kapitalerträgen und Niveau der privaten Konsumfunktion. Anstieg des Marktwertes von Kapitalanlagen mit erheblichem Einfluß auf den privaten Verbrauch. (DÜI-Seu)

Accumulated wealth, as a store of economic means and consumption potential, is a particularly relevant resource in later life, when labor market income terminates or declines, and state support is limited. Past research has linked economic resources, especially income, to various measures of...

This study presents new homogenous series of top income shares in Sweden over the period 1903-2004. We find that, starting from levels of inequality approximately equal to those in other Western countries at the time, the income share of the Swedish top decile drops sharply over the first eighty...