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for many useful comments, and the Sloan Foundation for financial support. We are grateful to Vimal Balasubramaniam, Daniel Fang, Wen Zhe Lim, Pranath Sisodiya, and Kevin Wang for able and dedicated research assistance. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.Ą t least one co-author has disclosed a financial relationship of potential relevance for this research. Further information is available online at http://www.nber.org/papers/w22066.ack NBER working papers are circulated for discussion and comment purposes. They have not been peer-reviewed or been subject to the review by the NBER Board of Directors that accompanies official NBER publications.

This article reviews the literature on international comparative household finance. It presents summary statistics on household balance sheets for 13 developed countries and uses these statistics to discuss common features and contrasts across countries. It then discusses retirement savings, investments in risky assets, unsecured debt, and mortgages