Comparing Wealth Distribution across Rich Countries: First Results from the Luxembourg Wealth Study

Timothy Smeeding (), Eva Sierminska and Andrea Brandolini

No 1, LWS Working papers from LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg

Abstract: The new Luxembourg Wealth Study (LWS) creates for the first time a harmonized crossnational database on household assets and liabilities. This paper describes the project, outlines conceptual and practical issues that need to be addressed in preparing harmonized and comparable wealth data across countries, and summarizes the initial results for the eight countries participating in the initial phase: Canada, Cyprus, Finland, Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Keywords: household wealth; household portfolios; distribution of net worth; international comparative data sources (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34 pages
Date: 2006-08
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Published in The Luxembourg Wealth Study – A cross-country comparable database for household wealth research , The Journal of Economic Inequality 4, no. 3 (2006): 375-383

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