) that tracks the same individuals over time to assess how individuals from different income and wealth groups respond to … life and financial shocks with respect to volunteering. Although both income and wealth can act as buffers against life …-we observe more heterogeneity than expected and also stickiness at the lowest income levels. Response delays in post …

marital choices may be undergoing change. We expand the traditional dimension of assortative mating through labor income only …, covering both labor income and inheritance. This paper studies the concentration and substitutability of these two traits in … outcomes seen in France. By assuming a sequential revelation of inheritance and labor income in marital sorting, we develop a …

five different sets of factors (demographics, income, labor market, inheritances, financial decision-making in the … partnerships, with inheritances and income being particularly relevant. Furthermore, we find that specific characteristics (e ….g., self-employment, no migration background, inheritances, high income) that decrease the wealth gap for women increase it for …

The topic of rising income inequality does not only gain in relevance since the two prominent reports by the OECD … (Growing unequal? Income Distribution and Poverty in OECD Countries, Paris 2008; Divided we stand-Why inequality keeps rising … literature dealing with the US-about the consequences of the financial crisis on income inequality in Europe (e.g. Jenkins et al …

Germany over the period 2002-2012. In particular, we analyze the role of changes in labor supply, permanent income, portfolio … analyses, a diminishing role of permanent income is observed, due both to a reduction in the gender difference in permanent … income and in gender differences in its returns. Overall, the evidence points to more equal wealth accumulation both in terms …

authors apply distributional decomposition methods and focus on the role of changes in labor supply, permanent income … role of permanent income is decreasing due to a reduction in the gender difference in permanent income and in gender …