-quarter of total household wealth in Europe provides further corroboration for this finding. …In this paper, we analyze the saving motives of European households using micro-data from the Household Finance and …

This paper estimates the distribution of personal wealth in South Africa by combining tax microdata, household surveys … assets, and wealth held through trusts. Both household surveys and tax data remain insufficient to properly capture capital …, and macroeconomic balance sheet statistics. We systematically compare estimates of the wealth distribution obtained by …

This paper compares the main findings from the third wave of the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS) for … Malta with those for the euro area. This comparative report finds that in 2016 the median Maltese household held more real … of homeownership in Malta, the median net wealth in Malta was estimated to be significantly higher than in the euro area …

lack of reliable panel data on household expenditures. One possibility is to use surveys that follow the same households … alternative approach is to use the accounting identity that total household spending is equal to income plus capital gains minus … the change in wealth over the period. The goal of this paper is to examine the advantages and difficulties of using this …

This paper compares the main findings from the fourth wave of the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS) for … Malta with those for the euro area. This comparative report finds that in 2020 the median Maltese household held more real … of homeownership in Malta, the median net wealth in Malta was estimated to be significantly higher than in the euro area …

and wealth inequality, and studies how they have developed. The analysis shows less wage dispersion in Spain than in other … inequality in per capita income. The level of inequality in Spain is more moderate when total gross household income is analysed … of a decrease in expenditure on consumer durables by low-income households. Wealth inequality exceeds income inequality …

This paper presents a novel estimate of the Indian household balance sheet (HBS) starting from 1970/71 to 2017/18 and … studies the evolution of Indian household finance in an international context. Comparative analysis suggests that the Global … Wealth Databook (an annual publication of Credit Suisse Research Institute), has been significantly underestimating both the …

This study presents a new database, the Swedish National Wealth Database (SNWD), which contains annual data on private …, public and national wealth and sectoral saving rates in Sweden over the past two centuries. The paper reviews previous … investigations of national wealth, compares their estimates with the new ones and discusses method approaches and measurement …

This study presents a new database, the Swedish National Wealth Database (SNWD), which contains annual data on private …, public and national wealth and sectoral saving rates in Sweden over the past two centuries. The paper reviews previous … investigations of national wealth, compares their estimates with the new ones and discusses method approaches and measurement …