Sierminska, Eva; Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
evidence for a significant gender wealth gap of about 30,000 euros in Germany, which amounts to almost 50,000 euros for married … partners. Decomposition analyses reveal that this gap is mostly driven by differences in characteristics between men and women … and top of the wealth distribution. However, this finding can only be shown with nonparametric decomposition techniques …