present cross-sectional dispersion earnings, consumption expenditure, and wealth inequalities from time-series and life cycle …

This paper examines the wealth of successive birth cohorts in the United States using data from the 1989-2001 Surveys … of Consumer Finances. We find that older households (those aged 55-64, 65-74 or 75-84) in 2001 had more wealth than …, these results raise some intriguing questions about the nature of saving and wealth accumulation during that decade. …

2008-09 recession saw declines in average family wealth and retirement assets of 11% and 14% respectively. Average wealth …

This paper studies the gender wealth gap using 2010 Household Finance and Consumption Survey data for 15 European … countries, and finds that households with only one male adult have more net wealth than households with one female adult, and … that households with an adult couple have the highest net wealth. Using OLS regressions to predict net wealth and the …

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 …

in the measurement of household welfare all material components should be covered, i.e. consumption, income and wealth … consumption, income and wealth can be analysed. Current researches linking macro and micro information for the households have … to household wealth using both survey data and financial accounts. It builds a link between wealth survey and national …

-simulations to investigate heterogeneity in the euro area. We quantify shocks to wealth, income and financial pressure faced by … affected the income-poor, while the declining wealth the income-rich. Although borrowers benefited from the substantial … consumption growth driven by both rich and poor households: while the former were hit by large shocks to wealth, the latter also …

wealth and its components in the euro area. However, it does not offer a complete picture of household wealth: for example … fraction of their wealth. …

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 …

In this paper we examine the role of intergenerational transfers in the wealth accumulation of Italian households …. Received transfers represent an important share of the net wealth held by households. Direct estimates referring to 2002 range … significant share considering the size of the denominator. Transfers are very concentrated, more than income and wealth, even when …