In this paper we analyze income tax design in a two member household labor supply model where time spent on consumption … together by the two household members is valued differently from time spent apart. We treat consumption as a non excludable … public good to members of the household; one example would be where all household members or one alone can watch TV. When …

We study how Americans respond to idiosyncratic and exogenous changes in household wealth and unearned income. Our …

China's high household savings rate has attracted great academic interest but remains a puzzle. Potential explanations … include demographic, policy, and financial causes. Yet a lack of reliable microlevel data on household finances makes it …

This paper assesses the impacts across US household income groups of carbon taxes of various designs. We consider both …

This paper uses national household survey data to examine changes in real per capita incomes in South Africa between …

China's household saving rate has increased markedly since the mid-1990s and the age-savings profile has become U … accompanied by a substantial increase in income uncertainty. Interestingly, the permanent variance of household income remains … that rising income uncertainty and pension reforms can account for over half of the increase in the urban household savings …