We provide a systematic analysis of the properties of individual returns to wealth using twelve years of population data from Norway's administrative tax records. We document a number of novel results. First, during our sample period individuals earn markedly different average returns on their...

This paper analyses how microeconomic factors drive inequality in household wealth across nine European countries when applying the Shapley value approach to decomposition. The research draws on micro data from the Eurosystem Household Finance and Consumption Survey 2014. Disparity in...

Das Gesetz zur steuerlichen Förderung der Mitarbeiterkapitalbeteiligung rückt die Verteilungssituation in Deutschland ins Blickfeld. Mittels einer profunden Analyse der Vermögensverteilung in Deutschland anhand der Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels wird in dieser Arbeit die gegenwärtige...

Unter Zugrundelegung eines kreislauftheoretischen Ansatzes sollen die Verteilungswirkungen interpersoneller, intertemporaler und intergenerativer Art untersucht werden, die von einer staatlichen Kreditnahme ausgehen. Parallel dazu verläuft eine Auseinandersetzung mit den Aussagen der...

Die Untersuchung hat das Ziel, eine theoretische Analyse der Funktionen und Bestimmungsgründe der Vermögensverteilung unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Beziehungen zu den ökonomischen Aktivitäten des Staates zu entwerfen. Sie will zu einer Neuformulierung von Konzepten und...

To help shed light on the implications of intergenerational transfers for wealth inequality, this paper uses data for Japan and the United States to examine whether individuals who receive intergenerational transfers from their parents are more likely to leave bequests to their children than...

We examine the issue of the widening wealth inequality in the People's Republic of China (PRC) from the perspective of housing. Using China Household Finance Survey (CHFS) data from 2011, we find that the PRC's wealth inequality including housing is much larger than income inequality. Housing...

Diese Studie entwickelt und kalibriert ein analytisches Wachstumsmodell in der neo-Kaleckianischen Tradition. Die Vermögensverteilung ist endogen und ArbeiterInnen und KapitalistInnen erhalten unterschiedliche Renditen. Wir zeigen, dass ArbeiterInnen im langfristigen Gleichgewicht Vermögen...

This paper develops an incomplete markets model with state dependent (Markovian) stochastic earnings processes and ex ante skill heterogeneity corresponding to being university educated or not. Using the Wealth and Assets Survey for Great Britain, we find that the university educated group has...

We develop an efficient and easy-to-use computational method for solving a wide class of general equilibrium heterogeneous agent models with aggregate shocks, together with an open source suite of codes that implement our algorithms in an easy-to-use toolbox. Our method extends standard...

Why are some people wealth rich while others are poor? To what extent can governments affect inequality? Which instruments should they use? Answering these questions requires understanding why people save. Dynamic quantitative models of wealth inequality can help us to understand and quantify...

This paper studies the distribution of U.S. household income and wealth over the past seven decades. We introduce a newly compiled household-level dataset based on archival data from historical waves of the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF). Complementing recent work on top income and wealth...

We examine the determinants of financial development using our global sample and employing a rich set of measures of financial development that assess the degree of depth, access, stability and efficiency of financial intermediaries. We use Bayesian model averaging to test competing theories...

In numerous industrialized countries the demographic change erodes the financial basis of traditional pay-as-you-go pension systems. To compensate for decreasing statutory pensions, many governments incentivize private saving by means of subsidized retirement plans. In this context, Germany...

In der öffentlichen Debatte herrscht die Einschätzung vor, dass die Ungleichheit der Einkommen und des Vermögens in Deutschland und in Europa in den letzten Jahren stark zugenommen hat. Geht die Schere zwischen Arm und Reich wirklich weiter auseinander, oder ist die wachsende Ungleichheit ein...

To help shed light on the implications of intergenerational transfers for wealth inequality, this paper uses data for Japan and the United States to examine whether individuals who receive intergenerational transfers from their parents are more likely to leave bequests to their children than...

Wealth and violence: untangling a complex relationship -- Historical evolution of political and economic monopolies in Mexico, antiquity to the 1980s -- The onset and entrenchment of misplaced monopolies in Mexico's political economy, 1980s to 2006 -- Looking in vain for exits from misplaced...

Derzeit vergeht kaum ein Tag, ohne dass Meldungen über wachsende Ungleichheit Schlagzeilen machen. Nach einer Studie von Credit Suisse besitzen 0,7 Prozent der Weltbevölkerung 45 Prozent des Vermögens. Die Organisation Oxfam behauptet, das Vermögen der Reichen sei in den letzten fünf Jahren...

Die Finanzmarktregulierung ist auch eine Frage sozialer Nachhaltigkeit. Ist sie unzureichend, können Ungleichgewichte verschärft werden: privaten Gewinnen stehen dann soziale Verluste gegenüber. Trotz der Finanzmarktkrise profi tieren Vermögende stärker von Anlagen auf den Finanzmärkten....

Private wealth is a crucial factor for the economic well-being of households. Key determinants of private wealth include intergenerational wealth transfers (gifts and inheritances), which are gaining importance since 1990, as research suggests. We conduct a detailed investigation of the...

Private wealth is a crucial factor for the economic well‐being of households. Key determinants of private wealth include intergenerational wealth transfers (gifts and inheritances), which are gaining importance since 1990, as research suggests. We conduct a detailed investigation of the...