We provide a systematic analysis of the properties of individual returns to wealth using twelve years of population … returns does not arise merely from differences in the allocation of wealth between safe and risky assets: returns are … heterogeneous even within narrow asset classes. Third, returns are positively correlated with wealth: moving from the 10th to the 90 …

their wealth ownership. Using data from the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS), we document a positive average … migrant wealth gap between migrant and native households. However, the raw gap is almost negligible for second generation … migrant households, whereas it rises across the unconditional net wealth distribution for first generation migrant households …

remain. This is particularly true for the distribution of net wealth which is of special importance for the well-being of … individuals. Wealth provides utility in a number of ways, for instance, by acting as a buffer against negative income shocks …. Using the wealth component of the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), we find that, on average, members of western …

This paper estimates rates of return across the gross wealth distribution in eight European countries. Like … differential saving rates, differential rates of return matter for Post Keynesian theory, because they impact the income and wealth … wealth differentiates between three socioeconomic groups: 30% are asset-poor, 65% are middle-class home owners, and the top 5 …

magazine to gain new insights on the structure and dynamics of top wealth in Switzerland. Using this data allows us study the … distinctive contributions to the literature. First, we present a number of new facts on the wealth elite in Switzerland. We show … dataset to estimate the wealth shares of the top 0.01% in Switzerland and show how they compare to earlier estimates by Föllmi …

magazine to gain new insights on the structure and dynamics of top wealth in Switzerland. Using this data allows us study the … literature. First, we present a number of new facts on the wealth elite in Switzerland. We show that about 60% of the super … the top 0.01% in Switzerland and show how they compare to earlier estimates by Föllmi and Martínez (2017) based on wealth …

We use detailed micro information at household level from the Wealth and Assets Survey to construct measures of wealth … evolution of wealth inequality measures. Our findings suggest that expansionary monetary policy shocks lead to an increase in … wealth inequality and contributed significantly to its fluctuations. This effect is heterogenous across the wealth …

; furthermore, it allows not only the estimation of the mean of the wealth gap but also its distribution for the common …This paper uses a matching method to provide an estimate of the nativity wealth gap among older households in Europe …. This approach does not require imposing any functional form on wealth and avoids validity-out-of-the-support assumptions …

This paper uses administrative tax data to estimate top wealth in the United States. We assemble new data that links … that twenty percent of total pass-through business wealth accrues to those with losses. We combine this new data on fixed … income and pass-through business returns with refined estimates of C-corporation equity, housing, and pension wealth to …

Like in many other countries, wealth inequality has increased in Switzerland over the last fifty years. By providing … new evidence on cantonal top wealth shares for each of the 26 cantons since 1969, we show that the overall trend masks … striking differences across cantons, both in levels and trends. Combining this with variation in cantonal wealth taxes, we then …