John Sabelhaus

Brookings Institution

1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW

Washington, DC 20036

United States

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1.

Lifecycle Patterns of Saving and Wealth Accumulation

FEDS Working Paper No. 2019-10
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 19 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2019
Laura Feiveson and John Sabelhaus
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Brookings Institution
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The Current State of U.S. Workplace Retirement Plan Coverage

Wharton Pension Research Council Working Paper No. 2022-07
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 07 Mar 2022
John Sabelhaus
Brookings Institution
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retirement plans, employer-sponsored pensions, coverage rates

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Evaluating the Great Micro Moderation

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 25 Oct 2023
Sergio Salgado, Nicholas Bloom, Fatih Guvenen, Luigi Pistaferri, Luigi Pistaferri and John Sabelhaus
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University - Department of Economics, University of Minnesota - Department of Economics, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)Stanford University and Brookings Institution
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Income inequality, income volatility, income instability.

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Earnings Volatility across Groups and Time

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 08 Apr 2009
John Sabelhaus and Jae Song
Brookings Institution and U.S. Social Security Administration
Downloads 178 (352,749)
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Earnings growth, volatility

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Wealth Inequality and Retirement Preparedness: A Cross-Cohort Perspective

Wharton Pension Research Council Working Paper No. 2022-21
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 30 Aug 2022
John Sabelhaus and Alice H. Volz
Brookings Institution and Government of the United States of America - Division of Research and Statistics
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Baby Boomers, Gen X, relative wealth distribution, wealth inequality

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The Limited Role of Intergenerational Transfers for Understanding Racial Wealth Disparities

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Paper Series Current Policy Perspectives Paper No. 95748
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 05 May 2023
John Sabelhaus and Jeffrey P. Thompson
Brookings Institution and New England Public Policy Center, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
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racial wealth gap, inequality, human capital, lifetime earnings, retirement plans, pensions, inheritance

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Will the Slowdown in U.S. Health Cost Growth Continue? A Factor Market Perspective

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 12 Mar 2008
John Sabelhaus
Brookings Institution
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Health Costs

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The Great Moderation in Micro Labor Earnings

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 10 Dec 2008
John Sabelhaus and Jae Song
Brookings Institution and U.S. Social Security Administration
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Earnings Volatility

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Measuring Income and Wealth at the Top Using Administrative and Survey Data

FEDS Working Paper No. 2015-030, http://dx.doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2015.030
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 24 May 2015
Jesse Bricker, Alice Henriques Volz, Jacob Krimmel and John Sabelhaus
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Brookings Institution
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administrative data, survey data, top income shares, top wealth shares

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Perspectives on the Household Saving Rate

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, No. 1, 1999
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 05 Feb 2011
William G. Gale and John Sabelhaus
Brookings Institution and Brookings Institution
Downloads 97 (568,427)
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saving rate

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Early Withdrawals from Retirement Accounts during the Great Recession

FEDS Working Paper No. 2013-22
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 11 May 2013
Robert Argento, Victoria L. Bryant and John Sabelhaus
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Government of the United States of America - Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Brookings Institution
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Retirement plans, withdrawals

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The Evolution of Retirement Wealth

FEDS Working Paper No. 2015-009, http://dx.doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2015.009
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 06 Mar 2015
Sebastian Devlin-Foltz, Alice Henriques Volz and John Sabelhaus
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Brookings Institution
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Lifecycle, Pension, Retirement

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Is the Consumer Expenditure Survey Representative by Income?

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Is the Consumer Expenditure Survey Representative by Income?

FEDS Working Paper No. 2012-36
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 05 Dec 2012
John Sabelhaus, David Johnson, Stephen Ash, David Swanson, Thesia I. Garner, John Greenlees and Steve Henderson
Brookings Institution, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of the Census, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics and Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Consumer Expenditure Survey, sampling

Is the Consumer Expenditure Survey Representative by Income?

NBER Working Paper No. w19589
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 01 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2023
John Sabelhaus, David S. Johnson, Stephen Ash, David Swanson, Thesia I. Garner, John Greenlees and Steve Henderson
Brookings Institution, Government of the United States of America - Bureau of the Census, Bureau of the Census, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics and Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Social Security Wealth, Inequality, and Life-cycle Saving: An Update

MRDRC WP 2020-416
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 10 Aug 2021
John Sabelhaus and Alice Henriques Volz
Brookings Institution and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Social Security, household wealth, life-cycle saving

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The Effect of Self-Reported Transitory Income Shocks on Household Spending

FEDS Working Paper No. 2012-64
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 29 Dec 2012
John Sabelhaus and Samuel Ackerman
Brookings Institution and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Downloads 64 (719,818)
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Transitory Income, Household Spending

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Heterogeneity in Economic Shocks and Household Spending

FEDS Working Paper No. 2015-049, http://dx.doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2015.049
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 25 Jul 2015
Sebastian Devlin-Foltz and John Sabelhaus
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Brookings Institution
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consumption, lifecycle, synthetic cohort

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Social Security Wealth, Inequality, and Lifecycle Saving

NBER Working Paper No. w27110
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 12 May 2020 Last Revised: 28 Jan 2023
John Sabelhaus and Alice H. Volz
Brookings Institution and Government of the United States of America - Division of Research and Statistics
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The Same But Different: How the Income Tax Affects Black, Hispanic, and White Households

Number of pages: 94 Posted: 24 Feb 2025
William G. Gale, Oliver Hall and John Sabelhaus
Brookings Institution, Brookings Institution and Brookings Institution
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Income tax, Race, Ethnicity

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Are Disappearing Employer Pensions Contributing to Rising Wealth Inequality?

FEDS Notes No. 2019-02-01
Posted: 06 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2020
Sebastian Devlin-Foltz, Alice Henriques Volz and John Sabelhaus
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Brookings Institution

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How Does Intergenerational Wealth Transmission Affect Wealth Concentration?

FEDS Notes No. 2018-06-01
Posted: 15 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2020
Laura Feiveson and John Sabelhaus
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Brookings Institution

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Has Tax-Preferred Retirement Saving Offset Rising Wealth Concentration?

FEDS Notes No. 2016-07-29-2 http://dx.doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1811
Posted: 22 Oct 2016
John Sabelhaus, Alice Henriques Volz and Sebastian Devlin-Foltz
Brookings Institution, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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The Role of Social Security in Overall Retirement Resources: A Distributional Perspective

FEDS Notes No. 2016-07-29-1 http://dx.doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1812
Posted: 22 Oct 2016
John Sabelhaus, Alice Henriques Volz and Sebastian Devlin-Foltz
Brookings Institution, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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The Increase in Wealth Concentration, 1989-2013

FEDS Notes No. 2015-06-05 https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1535
Posted: 22 Oct 2015
Jesse Bricker, Alice Henriques Volz, Jacob Krimmel and John Sabelhaus
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Brookings Institution

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