The welfare of poorer older people in Belgium and the Netherlands :An application of quantile regression

On the basis of the SHARE data, we estimate age-conditional quantiles at the 5th, 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th and 50th percentile levels for equivalised gross income, net financial assets and consumption levels, as well as for a (remaining) lifetime utility indicator of people over the age of 50 in Belgium and the Netherlands. We conclude that the poor performance of Belgium in terms of older people’s income, compared with the Netherlands, is mitigated when the consumption figures are considered. However, the picture presented by the wealth figures is more diverse: the median net financial assets p... Mehr ...