Nora Skopek|Sandra Buchholz|Hans-Peter Blossfeld
National patterns of income and wealth inequality
University of Bamberg|University of Bamberg|European University Institute
aim article show wealth must treated distinct dimension social stratification alongside income first step explain social stratification researchers largely overlooked wealth past present detailed definition wealth differentiating income empirical part article analyze distribution wealth across 18 countries describe compare national patterns wealth inequality income inequality making use different data sources results show first strong variation distribution wealth 18 countries second levels wealth inequality significantly differ levels income inequality half countries analyzed surprisingly high levels wealth inequality find sweden denmark two countries widely considered highly egalitarian societies conversely southern european countries income inequality relatively high exhibit comparatively low levels wealth inequality