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 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

🚨 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

🚨 New working paper 🚨 I investigate wealth mobility in the United States using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). #EconSky #WealthMobility

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...

📯 Job Market Paper Alert 📯 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/

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...