This paper uses national accounts data to adjust market and disposable Top 10% and Top 1% household survey income … income shares are significantly higher than those reported in household surveys, which mainly underestimate top capital …

During the period leading up to the recession of 2007-08, there was a large increase in household debt relative to …. It is sometimes claimed that these three developments were closely linked. In these stories, the rise in household debt … ask if this story is consistent with the empirical evidence. In particular, I ask five questions: How much household …

The financial accounts of the household sector within the system of national accounts report the aggregate asset … holdings and liabilities of all households within a country. In principle, when household wealth surveys are explicitly …