Das private Immobilienvermögen in Deutschland verdoppelte sich in den vergangenen 20 Jahren auf 6 Billionen Euro. Mit gut der Hälfte am Privatvermögen stellt es weiterhin die wichtigste Anlageklasse dar. Das Immobilienvermögen ist analog zu anderen Vermögenspositionen ungleich zwischen...

This paper analyses the level of inequality in Spain and how it evolved over the course of the past crisis and the early stages of the current recovery. To this end, it first introduces the various dimensions of wage, income, consumption and wealth inequality, and studies how they have...

In a model calibrated to match micro- and macroeconomic evidence on household income dynamics, we show that a modest degree of heterogeneity in household preferences or beliefs is sufficient to match empirical measures of wealth inequality in the United States. The heterogeneity-augmented...

The main aim of the study is to identify the size of the pension gap in Poland and to estimate the level of supplementary savings needed to cover it. The issue of pension system income adequacy is first discussed, and the forecasted and targeted levels of replacement rates in Poland are...

This paper examines the impact of income growth and income inequality on household saving rates and payoffs in a non-cooperative game where each player's payoff depends on her present and future consumption and her rank in the present consumption distribution. The setting is a pooling...

Mehr als die Hälfte der Erwerbstätigen aus rentennahen Jahrgängen im Alter von 55 bis 64 Jahren kann ihren derzeitigen Lebensstandard nicht halten, wenn sie jetzt in den Ruhestand gingen. Die durchschnittliche Höhe ihrer bisher akkumulierten monatlichen Bruttoanwartschaften beläuft sich...

We develop an analytical framework designed to solve and analyze heterogeneous-agent models that endogenously generate fat-tailed wealth distributions. We exploit the asymptotic linearity of policy functions and the analytical characterization of the Pareto exponent to augment the conventional...

Through certainty equivalent consumption (CE) measures, we show that dispersion of current earnings, expenditures, and net worth overstate welfare inequality. This is largely due to the unaccounted value of future earnings, which we call human wealth. The latter mitigates permanent-income...

The design of pension schemes is crucial in determining savings behavior. The impact of pension schemes on saving rates across countries remains to be an intriguing empirical question considering the complicated nature of the relationship between saving patterns and pension wealth. This paper...

Using a lifecycle model of consumption, saving and portfolio choice combined with linked survey and administrative data on wealth and lifetime earnings we evaluate measures of retirement preparedness. We estimate heterogeneous discount factors for households and compare these estimates of their...