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 of future pension entitlements in Switzerland for statutory pensions, occupational pensions and third pillar accounts and analyses the distribution of augmented wealth, which combines pension wealth and net worth. The CH-SILC survey from 2015 is used to estimate real assets, financial assets and pension wealth of retired individuals. The pension entitlements of non-retired individuals are simulated on the basis of their earning history from administrative records following the accrual method and assumin

SUBMITTER: Kuhn U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7651273 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature