English couple households born in the 1940s. Here, 'optimal' wealth holdings are those that allow households to enjoy the same … calculate this level of wealth, and compare that with how much wealth households are observed to hold. We find that the majority … of households hold more wealth than our model suggests is optimal and that this would still be true even if housing …

This paper analyzes the determinants of the wealth decumulation behavior of the retired elderly in Japan using unique … bequest motives in explaining the lower than expected rates of wealth decumulation of the retired elderly. Taken together, our … expected wealth decumulation rate of the retired elderly, at least in the case of Japan, even though both precautionary saving …

from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, an optimal level of wealth is calculated for each household. This is … compared to the levels of wealth observed in the data. Our results show that, for those born in the 1940s, the vast majority of … households have wealth levels far greater than necessary to maintain their living standards into and through retirement. …

estimate the present value of future income streams in calculating measures of comprehensive wealth and an annualized … equivalent. In addition to some significant differences in median annualized wealth between immigrants and natives, the authors … cohorts were at similar ages. With a decomposition analysis, the authors estimate how much of the immigrant-native wealth gap …

characteristics, and estimate their expected value using quasi-maximum likelihood methods. By comparing the current wealth holdings …-country variability with respect to housing wealth …

choice is 3.2% of total wealth …