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We provide a systematic analysis of the properties of individual returns to wealth using twelve years ofpopulation data … standard deviation of 8%). Second,heterogeneity in returns does not arise merely from differences in the allocation of wealth … with wealth: moving from the 10th to the 90th percentile of the financial wealth distributionincreases the return by 3 …
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This paper analyzes the existence of 'wealth effects' derived from net equity (in the form of housing, financial assets …-2017. Overall, wealth effects are found to be relatively large and significant for housing wealth, but less so for other types of … wealth, including stocks. Furthermore, the analysis shows how these estimated marginal propensities to consume (MPC) from …
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We attempt to disentangle income and wealth effects on consumption by disaggregating both the different types of income … and wealth. We estimate a consumption function for a panel of quarterly data for 14 advanced economies spanning 1998 to … different components of income and wealth. While fiscal policy had direct effects on consumption, the analysis suggests that …
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We study the effects of permanent and temporary income shocks on precautionary saving and investment in a "store-or-sow" model of growth. High volatility of permanent shocks results in high precautionary saving in the safe asset and low investment, or a "volatility trap." Namely, big savers...
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This paper is the first comprehensive empirical study of earnings, income, and consumption inequality in urban China from 1986 to 2009, using unique micro-level data from the Urban Household Survey (UHS). The paper documents a drastic increase in economic inequality for the sample period. The...
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Housing market imbalances are a key source of systemic risk and can adversely affect housing affordability. This paper utilizes a stylized model of the Canadian economy that includes policymakers with differing objectives-macroeconomic stability, financial stability, and housing affordability....
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This paper discusses the evolution of the household debt in Australia and finds that while higher-income and higher-wealth …
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We leverage survey data from emerging and developing Asia to highlight different aspects of household vulnerability to income shocks arising from the Covid-19 pandemic: occupation in Cambodia, self-insurance mechanisms in Nepal, and financial leverage in Vietnam. Occupation and ex-ante income...
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rate after 2008 was due to sizable, but transitory, income/wealth shocks or to changes in the underlying elasticities … income, employment and wealth. This result explains why the saving rate resumed its decline in 2013, as real disposable …
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We study how household concerns about their future financial situation may affect the marginal propensity to consume (MPC) during the COVID-19 pandemic. We use a representative survey of UK households to compute the MPC from a hypothetical transfer of £500. We find that household expectations...
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