VERSION 2 THE LUXEMBOURG WEALTH STUDY: A PROGRESS REPORT Eva Sierminska * January 2005 Abstract The aim of the paper is to summarize findings and outline conceptual and practical issues that need to be addressed in order to prepare harmonized and comparable statistics across different countries on household wealth. The analysis focuses on countries participating in the initial phase of the Luxembourg Wealth Study: Canada, Cyprus, Finland, Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom and the United States. JEL classification: J00 General, B41 Economic Methodology Keywords: wealth, measurement Luxembourg Wealth Study, comparative research *LWS Project Coordinator, LIS, 17 rue des Pommiers, L-2343 Luxembourg, email: sierminska@lisproject.org