This paper analyzes the relationship between individuals’ locus of control and their savings behavior, i.e. wealth …-of-control gap in savings rates is largest among rich households, the gap in wealth accumulation is particularly large for poor … households. Finally, households with an internal reference person and average net worth hold significantly less financial wealth …

that the differential returns to housing wealth are not related to changes in the nature of the houses or the neighborhoods …

populations, while income differentials are relatively unimportant in understanding the nativity wealth gap. In contrast, the …This paper investigates the source of the gap in the relative wealth position of immigrant households residing in … Australia, Germany and the United States. Our results indicate that in Germany and the United States wealth differentials are …