another and that the composition of income is irrelevant for consumption. We find in a field experiment that even in a simple … change consumption according to the suggestion of the label. A controlled laboratory experiment confirms this result and …

We analyze the impact of an increase in the risk of divorce on the saving behaviour of married couples. From a … in 1996 as an exogenous increase in the likelihood of marital dissolution. We analyze the saving behaviour over time of … propensity to save of married couples, consistent with a rise in precautionary savings interpretation. An increase in the risk of …

expenditure taxation, by exempting the "normal return" to saving and taxing only "excess returns" on the same tax schedule as …

average saving rate decreased by eight percentage points. Over the same period the US experienced a substantial increase in … inequality and a continuous decrease in the aggregate saving rate. We propose an explanation based on interpersonal comparisons … consistent with these trends. When households care about their consumption relative to others, individual saving rates decrease …

This paper extends the standard model of life cycle consumption, saving and labor supply in a number of directions … behaviour in respect of female labour supply and saving, and provide evidence to show that these are very closely related across …