inheritance and labor income after marriage for Germany under the actual rate of return, growth rate, demographics as well as …As the importance of capital is resurging in rich countries, the dynamics of wealth inequality are being increasingly … affected by inheritance distribution. The relative attraction derived from inherited wealth and acquired human capital in …

earnings inequality shows a decreasing trend, while inequality for household disposable income, non-durable consumption … greater vulnerability to negative income shocks than households with positive consumption growth …

Business income constitutes a large and increasing share of income and wealth at the top of the distribution. We … the focus on closely-held and pass-through firms. These considerations influence whether and how labor and capital income … is observed in economic data and feed into research controversies regarding the measurement of inequality and the …

In this report, we present improved wealth measures for the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), which aim to reduce the … effect of observation error on wealth levels and changes in wealth. The new wealth measures take account of the asset … data reduce the standard deviations of wave-to-wave changes by substantial amounts (up to 57 percent for total wealth). The …

There is a burgeoning literature on the significance and distribution of wealth in the rich world. It mainly focuses on … the top. Wealth remains remarkably absent from the analysis of poverty and the redistributive effectiveness of welfare … financially vulnerable. We introduce the concept of triple precariousness, afflicting households that not only have low income but …

the basis of a "wealth index" constructed largely from observed income flows, with the intent of heavily oversampling … wealthy households. Although the SCF is not specifically designed to estimate wealth concentration, the design arguably … by using tax-based data directly, by using a construct very close to a key part of the SCF wealth index. Such an approach …

This paper documents the magnitude, pattern, and evolution of lifetime earnings inequality in Germany. Based on a large …

This paper documents the magnitude, pattern, and evolution of lifetime earnings inequality in Germany. Based on a large …

This paper documents the magnitude, pattern, and evolution of lifetime earnings inequality in Germany. Based on a large … increase in life-time earnings inequality. -- Lifetime Earnings ; Earnings Distribution ; Inequality ; Mobility ; Germany …

This paper documents the magnitude, pattern, and evolution of lifetime earnings inequality in Germany. Based on a large … increase in lifetime earnings inequality. -- lifetime earnings ; earnings distribution ; inequality ; mobility ; Germany …