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Figure C2. Wealth Inequality: Without and with Household Size Adjustment Source: Authors’ tabulations based on the Luxembourg Wealth Study (). Note: Inequality in wealth is measured using the net worth Gini coefficient. Concentration is measured as the net worth share held by the top 5 percent of the wealth distribution. Each measure is calculated separately among children, adults, and seniors and estimated without adjustment for household size (circles) and with adjustment for household size, 1/√n (squares). For country labels, see .
Figure C2.

Wealth Inequality: Without and with Household Size Adjustment

Source: Authors’ tabulations based on the Luxembourg Wealth Study (LWS 2020).

Note: Inequality in wealth is measured using the net worth Gini coefficient. Concentration is measured as the net worth share held by the top 5 percent of the wealth distribution. Each measure is calculated separately among children, adults, and seniors and estimated without adjustment for household size (circles) and with adjustment for household size, 1/√n (squares). For country labels, see table A1.

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