This paper combines income tax returns with macroeconomic household balance sheets to
estimate the distribution of wealth in the United States since 1913. We estimate wealth by …

Household surveys, one of the main innovations in social science research of the last
century, are threatened by declining accuracy due to reduced cooperation of respondents …

Most available estimates of US wealth and income concentration indicate that the top shares
are high and have been rising in recent decades, but there is some disagreement about …

This article is largely a description of the earnings, income, and wealth distributions in the
United States in 2013 as measured by the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF). We …

With increased attention to administrative data for statistical purposes, analyses of the
quality of administrative data and comparisons to survey data are greatly needed. This …

This paper examines the reliability of survey data on business incomes, valuations, and
rates of return, which are key inputs for studies of wealth inequality and entrepreneurial …

This paper provides evidence that dividend and capital gains tax rates importantly influence
household portfolio choices. Using data from the Surveys of Consumer Finances around the …

Household survey estimates of retirement income suffer from substantial underreporting
which biases downward measures of elderly financial well-being. Using data from both the …

One option for addressing the bias that may result from survey nonresponse is to make
greater use of the administrative records that federal and state agencies compile. Such …

Abstract The Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) has a dual-frame sample design that
supplements a standard area-probability frame with a sample of observations drawn from …