Konferenzbeitrag
The Top Tail of the Wealth Distribution in Germany, France, Spain, and Greece
In this study we analyze the top tail of the wealth distribution in Germany and France based on the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS). Since top wealth is likely to be underrepresented in household surveys we integrate the big fortunes from rich lists, estimate a Pareto distribution, and impute the missing rich. As a result, the top percentile share of household wealth in Germany jumps up from 24 percent based on the HFCS alone to 34 percent after top wealth imputation. For France there is only a small effect of the imputation since rich households are better captured in the survey.
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Englisch
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Series: Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2015: Ökonomische Entwicklung - Theorie und Politik - Session: Wealth Distribution ; No. C15-V1
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
Specific Distributions; Specific Statistics
Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Microeconomic Data; Data Access
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Bach, Stefan
Thiemann, Andreas
Zucco, Aline
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Veröffentlichung
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2015
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Konferenzbeitrag
Beteiligte
- Bach, Stefan
- Thiemann, Andreas
- Zucco, Aline
Entstanden
- 2015