Augmented wealth in Switzerland: the influence of pension wealth on wealth inequality

Abstract Entitlements for social security and occupational pensions present a major wealth component and play a central role for financial security. However, most individual-level data lacks information on pension wealth. By linking various data sources, this contribution estimates the present value...

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Main Author: Ursina Kuhn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-11-01
Series:Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41937-020-00063-9