We found that on average over the period from 1989 to 2007, 21 percent of American households at a given point of time received a wealth transfer and these accounted for 23 percent of their net worth. Over the lifetime, about 30 percent of households could expect to receive a wealth transfer and...

This paper analyses the existence of an immigrant/native wealth gap by using household survey data for Luxembourg, Germany and Italy. The results show that, in all three countries, a sizeable wealth gap exists between natives and immigrants. Towards the upper tail of the wealth distribution the...

In order to produce Eurostat demographic projections, scenarios on international migration for European countries have to be defined. To arrive at soundly founded method to formulate meaningful migrations assymptions, the project « Analysis and forccasting International Migration by Major...

Ziel dieser Veröffentlichung von Eurostat mit dem Titel u0084Bevölkerungsstatistik: Definitionen und Methoden in 31 europäischen Ländernu0093 ist es, die Systeme zur Erhebung demografischer Daten, die Definitionen der wichtigsten Ereignisse im Lebensverlauf und die Methoden für die...