Thu., Dec. 14

SESSION 1

Basic Core Technical Paper Presentation and  Discussion

 Powerpoint presentation

“Comparing Wealth Distribution across Rich Countries: First Results from the Luxembourg Wealth Study”
General comparative paper, based on the paper presented in Finland at the IARIW on August 2006 (LWS WP No.1).
Eva Sierminska, Andrea Brandolini, and Timothy Smeeding
 

First paper on Aging and Assets :Presentation and Discussion

 Powerpoint presentation

“Cross National Comparison of Income and Wealth Status in Retirement “
( LWS WP No.2). October 2006
Eva Sierminska, Andrea Brandolini, and Timothy Smeeding
 

SESSION 2

Powerpoint presentation

“Sweden and LWS”
Lennart Berg and Henry Ohlsson
 

 Powerpoint presentation

“Comparing Register and Survey Wealth Data"
Fredrik Johansson and Anders Klevmarken
 

 Powerpoint presentation

"Austria and LWS:  Financial Wealth Holdings of Austrian Private Households Data Sources and Institutional Features”
 Christian Beer, Peter Mooslechner, Martin Schürz and Karin Wagner (Austrian National Bank)
 

SESSION 3

“US data in LIS and LWS”
Arthur Kennickell (Federal Reserve Board)
 

 Powerpoint presentation

“Representative wealth data for Germany: The impact of methodological decisions around imputation and the choice of the aggregation unit
Joachim Frick, Markus Grabka (DIW) and Eva Sierminska
 

 Powerpoint presentation

"LWS and Italy: how different weighting schemes can influence wealth estimates"
Ivan Faiella (Banca d’Italia)
 

SESSION 4

“Measuring the Canadian Wealth Distribution: Issues and Challenges vis-à-vis the LWS”
Catherine Van Rompaey  and Michel Palardy (Statistics Canada)
 

 Powerpoint presentation

"New empirical evidence on the credit card puzzles"
Elena Andreou (University of Cyprus) and Constantinos Ktoris (Central Bank of Cyprus)
 

 Powerpoint presentation

“Cohort studies and the LWS: HRS and ELSA”
Pierre-Carl Michaud, Susann Rohwedder (RAND) and Eva Sierminska
 

Fri., Dec 15

SESSION 5

Powerpoint presentation

“Improving the evidence base: the UK Household Assets Survey”

Joanna Littlechild  (Department for Work and Pensions)

Powerpoint presentation

“A household survey for the euro area? Some preliminary considerations"

Reint Gropp (European Central Bank) 

“Efforts to use LWS wealth data in OECD analyses” 

Marco Mira d'Ercole (OECD) 

SESSION 6

Powerpoint presentation

“The Concept of Income in LWS and Comparison with LIS”
Emilia Niskanen
 

 Powerpoint presentation

“Behavioral variables in LWS: An Assessment"
Stephan Bartke and Eva Sierminska
 

Powerpoint presentation