consumption, controlling for demographics, cohort and time effects. In addition to documenting profiles for total and nondurable … consumption, we devote special attention to the age expenditure pattern for consumer durables. We find hump-shaped paths over the … that households do not smooth consumption over their lifetimes. This is especially the case for services from consumer …

cycle, of several dimensions of economic inequality, including wages, labor earnings, income, consumption, and wealth. After … distribution. Consumption inequality increased less than disposable income inequality, and tracked the latter much more closely at …

Using micro-level data, we examine the effects of Russia's 2001 flat rate income tax reform on consumption, income, and … assess the deadweight loss from personal income tax in the presence of tax evasion based on the consumption response to tax … least 30% smaller than the gain implied by conventional approaches. -- Tax evasion ; consumption-income gap ; personal …

Monitoring Survey (RLMS) for 1994-2005. We analyze cross-sectional income and consumption inequality and find that inequality … shocks. The response of consumption to permanent and transitory income shocks becomes weaker later in the sample, consistent … ; income ; consumption ; transition ; Russia …