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 …

Wealth surveys tend to underestimate wealth concentration at the top due to the "missing rich" problem. We propose a … new way of improving the credibility of wealth surveys: We make them consistent with tabulated income tax data. This is … years and collects data on both income and wealth. Consistency is achieved by calibrating survey weights using the income …

This study uses new data on Swedish national wealth over the last two hundred years to examine whether the patterns in … wealth-income ratios found by Piketty and Zucman (2014) extend to small and less developed economies. The findings reveal … both similarities and differences. During the industrialization era, Sweden's domestic wealth was relatively low because of …

This paper analyzes new evidence on long-run trends in aggregate wealth accumulation and wealth inequality in Western … countries. The new findings suggest that wealth-income ratios were lower before World War I than previously claimed, that wealth … concentration fell over the past century and has remained low in Europe but increased in the United States, that wealth has changed …

This paper analyzes new evidence on long-run trends in aggregate wealth accumulation and wealth inequality in Western … countries. The new findings suggest that wealth-income ratios were lower before World War I than previously claimed, that wealth … concentration fell over the past century and has remained low in Europe but increased in the United States, that wealth has changed …

This paper uses new data on Swedish national wealth over a period of two hundred years to study whether the patterns in … wealth-income ratios previously found by Piketty and Zucman (2014) for some very rich and large Western economies extend to … lower wealth levels than the rest of Europe, and the main explanation is that the Swedes were too poor to save their income …

This paper uses new data on Swedish national wealth over a period of two hundred years to study whether the patterns in … wealth-income ratios previously found by Piketty and Zucman (2014) for some very rich and large Western economies extend to … lower wealth levels than the rest of Europe, and the main explanation is that the Swedes were too poor to save their income …