Arbeitspapier

Inequality and Public Pension Entitlements

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 pension entitlements on wealth inequality is discussed. Empirical research shows, that wealth inequality is significantly reduced after accounting for public pension wealth. The value of Gini index is usually reduced by 20 - 40%.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: GLO Discussion Paper ; No. 1212

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
Social Security and Public Pensions
Thema
Inequality
Public Pensions

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Sierminska, Eva
Wroński, Marcin
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Global Labor Organization (GLO)
(wo)
Essen
(wann)
2022

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Sierminska, Eva
  • Wroński, Marcin
  • Global Labor Organization (GLO)

Entstanden

  • 2022

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