New study by @arthurapostel.bsky.social (
of Belgian wealth inequality 1935-2022. Findings align with broader European trends: a marked decline over the 20th C, with levels remaining historically low today.
@nbb-bnb-fr.bsky.social
Link to paper: nbb.be/fr/media/17695
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Private businesses make up 50% of sales & profits and are the main wealth component of the wealthiest households. So, what is their value? Well, that's difficult, since they're not listed: their value is unobservable by definition!
My #EconJMP tackles this problem 1/
Hot off the press by @margitschratz.bsky.social: A review article on the behavioural responses to inheritance taxation. Some takeaways: Real responses are smaller than avoidance, responses are smaller in more recent studies, tax design matters, ... worth a read: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Hoe zijn de vermogens in België verdeeld? Niet-technische (poging tot toch 😉) blogpost voor de Universitaire Stichting Armoedebestrijding.
Link: blog.uantwerpen.be/armoede-soci...
🚨 New working paper: “Belgian wealth inequality, 1935-2022” (NBB WP 477).
▸ Top 1 % owns ≈22 % of net wealth - same as bottom 75 %
▸ Inequality strongly declined last century, stabilised in recent years
PDF 👉 www.nbb.be/en/media/17695
#EconSky #Belgium #WealthInequality
Simon Toussaint
🚨 New working paper 🚨
I investigate wealth mobility in the United States using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID).
#EconSky #WealthMobility
Severin Rapp
Final week to register for our workshop "The Paradox of Belgian Inequality" on Dec 3.
In this workshop, we present the results of a 4-year research project funded by BELSPO and carried out by the KU Leuven, the University of Antwerp and the ULB.
Registration via: feb.kuleuven.be/drc/Economic...
Arthur Apostel
Arthur Apostel
Christophe Van Langenhove
Jonas Vanderkelen
Increasing wealth inequality and concentration, together with the search for options to secure long-term sufficiency of tax systems in face of ageing …
Hoe is vermogen in België verdeeld? En hoe evolueerde de vermogensverdeling door de tijd heen? In deze blogpost bespreekt Arthur Apostel hoe deze vragen beantwoord kunnen worden en wat de resultaten z...
