We estimate the level and distribution of global household wealth. The levels of assets and debts for 39 countries are …-financial assets, and liabilities are studied empirically, and the results used to estimate average wealth holdings for countries … lacking direct evidence. Data on the pattern of household distribution of wealth are assembled for 20 countries, which …

wealth. Moving is often associated with retirement and with precipitating shocks like the death of a spouse or by other … changes in marital status. Median housing wealth increases as the elderly age. Even when the elderly move, housing equity is … transaction cost associated with moving is apparently not the cause for the lack of the reduction in housing wealth as the elderly …