The wealth distribution in the U.S. is more unequal than either the income or earnings distribution, a fact current … spirit', I construct and simulate a model where individuals accumulate wealth for its own sake rather than as deferred … skewness of wealth consistent with that observed in the U.S. economy. Furthermore, capitalist-spirit preferences provide a way …

English couple households born in the 1940s. Here, 'optimal' wealth holdings are those that allow households to enjoy the same … calculate this level of wealth, and compare that with how much wealth households are observed to hold. We find that the majority … of households hold more wealth than our model suggests is optimal and that this would still be true even if housing …

on wealth and lifetime earnings we evaluate measures of retirement preparedness. We estimate heterogeneous discount … have access only to a risk‐free asset compared to when we account for the fact that much of their wealth is stored in …

wealth. Its results support the hypothesis that wealth accumulation is a luxury good, by showing that the marginal utility … from wealth declines more slowly than that from consumption. …

from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, an optimal level of wealth is calculated for each household. This is … compared to the levels of wealth observed in the data. Our results show that, for those born in the 1940s, the vast majority of … households have wealth levels far greater than necessary to maintain their living standards into and through retirement. …

is a key determinant of wealth inequality. The mechanism we posit is that financial knowledge enables individuals to … wealth over the life cycle. According to our estimates, from 30 to 40 percent of wealth inequality can be accounted for by …

and wealth inequality, and studies how they have developed. The analysis shows less wage dispersion in Spain than in other … of a decrease in expenditure on consumer durables by low-income households. Wealth inequality exceeds income inequality … and increased during the downturn as a result of financial assets outperforming real assets. Nevertheless, Spain’s wealth …

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 … distributed than income, and points to a long term downward trend in wealth inequality over most of the twentieth century. We also …

Although older generations have substantially more wealth than their recent predecessors did at the same age, younger … circumstances can rationalise slowing generation-on-generation wealth growth. I find no evidence that later-born generations are less … predicted to have higher consumption, despite accumulating no greater wealth, than their predecessors because their earnings are …