The aging of society increases the importance of public pension systems. This study evaluates the influence of public pension entitlements on wealth inequality. Novel data source - the Eurosystem Household Finance and Consumption Survey – is used to compare the impact of the public pension...

Public pension wealth is an important component of a household's wealth portfolio. However, because of lack of data, it is usually omitted in the analysis of the wealth distribution. The literature on augmented wealth is focused on developed economies. We use a novel data source (Eurosystem...

Economic theory does not give clear predictions on the impact of social security on private wealth. The theoretical ambiguity and practical importance generated a large stream of empirical research. In this paper, we review the available evidence on displacement effects of social security. Our...

The literature on wealth inequality is expanding very fast. Wealth is usually more concentrated than income. However, traditional measures of wealth inequality are based only on private wealth, and thus exclude public pension entitlements. In this chapter, the literature on the impact of public...