Postdoctoral Scholar (2024–2026)
Severin Rapp is an economist who works on wealth inequality and intergenerational transfers. He is interested in improving the availability of evidence on the distribution of wealth and bequests. This includes unearthing new data and creating tools to make data from different sources and countries comparable. In addition, he has researched the consequences of wealth inequality and behavioral economics. During his doctoral studies at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Rapp worked as an economist at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and as a consultant for various organizations, including the Austrian National Bank.
Rapp joined the Stone Center in the fall semester of 2024.
Areas of Expertise
Demographic Economics
Household Finance
Distribution
Poverty
- Research Spotlight: How Individuals Misperceive Their Relative Wealth, and the Implications for Policy
- Working Paper: The Subjective Wealth Distribution: How it Arises and Why it Matters to Inform Policy?
- Working Paper: Leaving Legacies and Liabilities: The Distribution of Wealth at Death
- Journal Article: Wealth and Welfare: Do Private and Public Safety Nets Compensate for Asset Poverty?
Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality