This paper examines long-term trends in aggregate wealth and inheritance and in their distributions, focusing on … developed economies. A key stylized fact is that wealth is less equally distributed than income. Financial assets predominate … among the wealthy, while owner-occupied housing is crucial for middle groups, so higher stock prices raise wealth inequality …

differences, but inheritance is also widely recognised as playing a major role, especially at the upper end of the wealth range. A …This chapter is concerned with the distribution of personal wealth, which usually refers to the material assets that … on wealth distribution for a number of countries. This confirms the well known fact that wealth is more unequally …

Private wealth is a crucial factor for the economic well-being of households. Key determinants of private wealth … include intergenerational wealth transfers (gifts and inheritances), which are gaining importance since 1990, as research … suggests. We conduct a detailed investigation of the distribution of wealth transfers in eight Euro-area countries. First, we …

Private wealth is a crucial factor for the economic well‐being of households. Key determinants of private wealth … include intergenerational wealth transfers (gifts and inheritances), which are gaining importance since 1990, as research … suggests. We conduct a detailed investigation of the distribution of wealth transfers in eight Euro‐area countries. First, we …

Wealth is very unequally distributed in Germany. To effect a long-term reduction, the new Federal Government could …. However, a universal capital endowment could decrease wealth inequality much more rapidly and successfully. In this report, a … would require around 22.6 billion euros annually, could be financed by increasing the inheritance tax, implementing a …

-quarter of total household wealth in Europe provides further corroboration for this finding. …