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What do we know on household wealth?

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  • Diego Caprara
  • Riccardo De Bonis
  • Luigi Infante

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We provide an in-depth analysis of household wealth in the main advanced countries. We start by analyzing the evolution of household wealth in Italy since 1950, looking at real and financial assets.Then we compare financial and real assets of households in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK, the USA and Japan. We distinguish between price and quantity effects as determinants of changes in financial wealth. We study the differences in the composition of household financial wealth across countries, looking at deposits, bonds, shares, mutual funds, and insurance/pension instruments. We summarize the main trends of household debt and conclude comparing net household wealth per capita.

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  • Diego Caprara & Riccardo De Bonis & Luigi Infante, 2020. "What do we know on household wealth?," Rivista di storia economica, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 1, pages 43-85.
    • Handle: RePEc:mul:jrkmxm:doi:10.1410/99051:y:2020:i:1:p:43-85
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    1. Paolo Acciari & Facundo Alvaredo & Salvatore Morelli, 2024. "The Concentration of Personal Wealth in Italy 1995–2016," Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association, vol. 22(3), pages 1228-1274.
    2. De Bonis, Riccardo & Liberati, Danilo & Muellbauer, John & Rondinelli, Concetta, 2023. "Why net worth is the wrong concept for explaining consumption: evidence from Italy," CEPR Discussion Papers 18597, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    3. Riccardo De Bonis & Danilo Liberati & John Muellbauer & Concetta Rondinelli, 2020. "Consumption and wealth: new evidence from Italy," Temi di discussione (Economic working papers) 1304, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.

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