The contributors to this comprehensive book compile and analyse the latest data available on household wealth using, as …-first century. The authors show that in the US, trends are highlighted in terms of wealth holdings, among the low-income population …, along with changes in wealth polarization, racial differences in wealth holdings, and the dynamics of portfolio choices. The …

"This volume examines the impact of wealth on quality of life and subjective well-being (SWB). As wealth is related to … and SWB. It further discusses a variety of experiences and consequences of inequalities of wealth. Through the … availability of wealth data in recent international surveys, this volume explores the multiple relations between wealth and SWB …

Using harmonized wealth data and a novel decomposition approach, we show that cohort effects exist in the income …