Social classes and wealth inequality:a missing link?

The link between social class and income is well-known, but much less is known about class and wealth, write Carlos Gil-Hernández, Pedro Salas-Rojo, Guillem Vidal-Lorda and Davide Villani, despite the trend of rising wealth inequalities in many Western societies. Can social classes – rooted in the relations arising from the division of labour – help us depict the state of wealth inequality in a selection of European countries?