The paper, which focuses on 19th century estimates, proposes a set of "rules" or a broadly common methodology to enable better comparability of the results. Read the paper by @brankomilan.bsky.social, @philerfurth.bsky.social, @mgzl.bsky.social, & @ggabbuti.bsky.social.

For the English version of the current paper, click here: severin-rapp.github.io/assets/subwl...

In a new @ineq-wu.bsky.social @wuvienna.bsky.social , we present a short overview of our paper (in German): research.wu.ac.at/ws/portalfil...

Underestimating one's rank in the wealth distribution leads to a higher savings rate, both among high and low income households (even if we control for the fact that the wealthy are more prone to underestimating their wealth rank and have more opportunities to save)

+1 hope to see you there @petrasauer.bsky.social !!