The structure and distribution of household wealth in Australia: cohort differences and retirement issues
Social Policy Research Paper 33 / Bruce Headey, Diana Warren and Mark Wooden. March 2008
This paper analyses the 2002 Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) wealth module data to derive the following information:
- the structure and composition of household wealth and debt and whether this has changed in recent years
- the distribution of wealth, including among and within age cohorts and between the most and least wealthy cohorts
- retirement issues, focusing on the capacity of pre and post-retirement cohorts for self-funding during retirement
- the wealth and debt levels of vulnerable groups in society, especially income support recipients and lone parents
- the main factors (demographic, educational, income related) that determine levels of wealth and debt.
