and for a detailed decomposition of net wealth inequality into a variety of circumstances; among them childhood background …While inequality of opportunity (IOp) in earnings is well studied, the literature on IOp in individual net wealth is … the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). Ex-ante IOp is defined as the contribution of circumstances to the inequality in net …

conversion strategy, and explain our results by means of an inequality decomposition by population subgroups. …Income-expenditure surveys typically provide incomes on the household level. As households can differ in size and needs …, a reliable assessment of inequality in living standards, therefore, necessitates the conversion of the original …

conversion strategy, and explain our results by means of an inequality decomposition by population subgroups. -- income … distribution ; inequality ; inequality decomposition ; equivalence scale …Income-expenditure surveys typically provide incomes on the household level. As households can differ in size and needs …