This paper uses 1998 household level data from urban Malawi to look at the impact on consumption patterns of the share … of total household income accruing to different individuals within the household. Specifically, male and female income … shares and other factors which may influence intra-household bargaining such as education are analyzed. The study finds that …

household net worth coming from elevated household debt and the collapse in house prices play an underappreciated role. Using … highlight the increasing body of macroeconomic evidence on the link between household debt and business cycles. Our main … conclusion is that housing and household debt should play a larger role in models exploring the importance of household …

; precautionary saving ; consumption smoothing ; household portfolios ; portfolio allocation ; optimal unemployment insurance …Using administrative panel data from Norway, we investigate the development of household labor income, financial wealth … precautionary saving and a shift toward safer assets in the years leading up to unemployment, and depletion of savings during …

This paper investigates the co-movements of job security perceptions and household saving rates using data from the … generally accompanied by slightly lower saving which suggests that employment and financial insecurity typically go hand … saving behavior is found. This behavior is of rather small economic importance and limited to households that are somewhat …

This paper examines trends in household consumption and saving behaviour in each of the last three recessions in the UK …

This paper examines the relationship between household structures, the institutions that shape them and physical and … human capital accumulation using household and individual data from China, Indonesia, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. Household … share of the population live in extended households and/or polygamous ones. Such household structures are the exception or …

concavity of the utility function. This paper estimates the distribution of heterogeneous curvature parameters in individuals …