Given differences in public saving programs between Sweden and the United States, an examination of household private … Sweden and the United States over the past decade. We show that wealth inequality has been significantly greater in the U ….S. than in Sweden and, while remaining relatively constant since the mid-1980 s in Sweden, has increased in the United States …

rates and the homeownership-income inequality among young households in Finland, Germany, Italy, the UK and the US, and … household income. Finland and the US are in-between. Counterfactual predictions suggest that although household characteristics … relate it to cross-country differences in mortgage market maturity. We find that aside from Italy, homeownership rates and …