The existing literature suggests that when the saving decision of two-earner households under risk is analysed …, standard assumptions suffice for precautionary saving to exist under increases in risk of the first and second orders, but not …

We analyze optimal taxation of labor and capital income in a life-cycle framework with idiosyncratic income risk. We … independent of the social welfare function and determined by the degree of income risk and risk aversion. The optimal linear … provide a novel decomposition of labor income tax formulas into a redistribution and an insurance component. The latter is …

In this paper, we develop and numerically solve a model of idiosyncratic labour income and idiosyncratic interest rates … to predict the evolution of a wealth distribution over time. Stochastic labour income follows a deterministic growth …

We study the relative risk aversion of an individual with particular social preferences: his wellbeing is influenced by …, the individual becomes more risk averse when he rises in the wealth hierarchy. Second, if the individual's level of … intensification is strong enough, then the individual becomes less risk averse: the individual's desire to advance further in the …

In this paper, we empirically assess the causal relationship between trade and individual income risk and study the … from 1976 to 2012. Our estimates suggest substantial heterogeneity in labor income risk across workers in different entry … exports (per worker) are strongly and causally related to income risk: Imports increase risk and exports decrease risk, and …

We study workers' idiosyncratic earnings risk over the life-cycle using a German administrative data set. Positive and … incomplete markets model. Moreover, age-varying risk implies a linear increase in consumption inequality late in working life …

Over the last three decades, average income for the bottom half of the US distribution increased by 8% while their … with reference income while aggregate saving decreases with income inequality. We provide evidence from the PSID and a …

. In 2008, China's national savings rate soared to over 53 percent of its GDP, whereas its current account surplus exceeded … distortions. I document major trends in aggregate savings, investment, trade, and net foreign asset positions in China, and …