Recently, many papers have shown evidence of a positive association between financial market participation and wealth … propensity for planning retirement. In their planning process, individuals seek to achieve an optimal wealth level before their …

of homeownership in Malta, the median net wealth in Malta was estimated to be significantly higher than in the euro area …

While inequality of opportunity (IOp) in earnings is well studied, the literature on IOp in individual net wealth is … wealth and income distribution can significantly diverge. We measure ex-ante IOp in net wealth for Germany using data from … wealth before effort is exerted. The SOEP allows for a direct mapping from individual circumstances to individual net wealth …