Wealth and Inheritances in Europe
- The knowledge of the distribution of assets and liabilities as well as the key determinants of the distributions of private wealth represent an important basis for decision-making for social and political action like levying taxes. In the three papers, which make up this dissertation, I contribute to these aspects for several European countries. In the first paper (with M.M. Grabka) the data quality of the Household Finance and Consump-tion Survey (HFCS) is investigated. The survey provides information and enables comparison of assets and liabilities held by households in the Euro area. We investigate potential methodo-logical constraints regarding cross-country comparability and evaluate their impact on the surveyed net wealth (assets minus liabilities). In addition, we investigate item non-response patterns, a serious issue in wealth surveys. We find that the surveyed net wealth in Finland, the Netherlands, Italy and Slovakia is most likely not comparable with the other countries.(...)
Document Type: | Doctoral Thesis |
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Language: | English |
Author(s): | Anita Tiefensee |
Advisor: | Henrik Enderlein, Timm Bönke, Gert G. Wagner |
Hertie Collections (Serial Number): | Dissertations submitted to the Hertie School (02/2017) |
Publication year: | 2016 |
Publishing Institution: | Hertie School |
Granting Institution: | Hertie School |
Thesis date: | 2017/05/12 |
Number pages: | XIII, 139 |
Release Date: | 2017/08/04 |
Tag: | EU-Staaten; Einkommensverteilung; Erbe; Erbschaft; Erbschaftsteuer; Europäische Union; Generationengerechtigkeit; Mitgliedsstaaten; Privatvermögen; Vermögen; Vermögensverteilung |
Notes: | Shelf mark: 2017D006 + 2017D006+1 |
Hertie School Research: | Publications PhD Researchers |
Licence of document (German): | Metadaten (öffentlich), Volltext (zugriffsbeschränkt) |