according to income levels and gender. This paper is based on the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD) carried out by the … (MAs) in the country, than the in the other MAs. Second, workers in the poorest population segment (1st income decile … times. However, these worsening conditions have been more pronounced in the 1st income decile and especially the 7th-10th …

We revisit the alleged retirement consumption puzzle. According to the life-cycle theory, foreseeable income reductions …-cycle theory. For retirees we also find significant effects of the income reduction at retirement on housing. However, the effects …

This paper examines whether biased income expectations due to overconfidence lead to higher levels of debt-taking. In a … lab experiment, participants can purchase goods by borrowing against their future income. We exogenously manipulate income … expectations by letting income depend on relative performance in hard and easy quiz tasks. We successfully generate biased income …