The composition of household wealth between 1997 and 2003

P. Girardot and D. Marionnet

Quarterly selection of articles - Bulletin de la Banque de France, 2008, issue 12, 79-105

Abstract: Between 1997 and 2003, households’ wealth has increased much faster than their income due to the revaluation of property assets, and their fi nancial savings have been increasingly channelled into risky investments.

Keywords: households; financial wealth; real estate wealth; housing and land; financial investments; overnight deposits; housing savings; passbook savings accounts; life insurance; securities; wealth inequalities; portfolio choices; savings; risky assets; diversifi cation; financial accounts; wealth surveys. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D01 D14 G00 G11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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