U.S. Household Wealth Dispersion Measure
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A U.S. Household Wealth Dispersion Measure is a household wealth dispersion measure for a U.S. economy.
- Context:
- It can be (often) used to quantify the distance between High-Wealth U.S. Households and Non-High-Wealth U.S. Households.
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- Example(s):
- a U.S. Wealth Gini Coefficient.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- See: U.S. Gini-Index Value.
References
2014
- (Saez & Zucman, 2014) ⇒ Emmanuel Saez, and Gabriel Zucman. (2014). “Wealth Inequality in the United States Since 1913: Evidence from Capitalized Income Tax Data.” In: NBER Working Paper Journal, No. 20625. doi:10.3386/w20625
- http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/12/26/how-to-save-like-the-rich-and-the-upper-middle-class-hint-its-not-with-your-house/
- The top 1% of Americans – who have a net worth of more than $7.8 million – hold nearly half their gross assets in unincorporated business equity and other real estate. They have an additional 27% of wealth in financial securities, such as corporate stock, mutual funds and personal trusts. But typically, little of their wealth is tied up in their personal residences.
2013
- (Saez, 2013) ⇒ Emmanuel Saez. (2013). “Striking It Richer: The Evolution of Top Incomes in the United States (updated with 2012 Preliminary Estimates)." Technical Report: University of California, Berkeley, Department of Economics.