an in-depth analysis of micro-based data on household wealth across OECD countries. The analysis addresses several …

Household debt has risen markedly since the turn of the century and stands at a historically high level in most OECD … countries. This paper offers an overview of developments in household debt over the past decades across a large sample of OECD … household debt for households, the financial system and the wider economy. Finally, it describes the challenges faced by …

the role of these high levels of debt for workers, based on an assembled micro-dataset that harmonises household surveys … increased risk that they encounter a sharp fall in their wages. People who tend to be particularly affected are the low … growth and risk. Overall, the evidence in this paper points to finance as one factor behind wage stagnation and the social …