This paper investigates the potentially non-linear relation between households' indebtedness and their consumption … previous studies, we find a negative effect of households' indebtedness on their consumption, even in the absence of negative …, rather than its overall sustainability, that leads households to reduce their consumption. We perform as well a threshold …

the relationship with wealth at death, on the form of the bequest, and on the different causes to which people bequeath. …

the relationship with wealth at death, on the form of the bequest, and on the different causes to which people bequeath. …

be flexibly estimated across age groups. We find that the Scottish policy reduced the average household saving by about … household saving by £12,764. …

individuals. Using choice tasks responses from Poland collected as part of the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe …

-cycle incomplete-markets model with a financial asset and housing to match the large heterogeneity of households asset portfolios …

Financial literacy is higher for men than for women and high financial literacy has been linked to higher wealth and … better retirement planning. However, relatively little is known about the decision making process for retirement savings … preparation for retirement. This paper investigates the relationship between the financial literacy of members of pre-retirement …

labour market career may reflect lower rates of retirement among the self-employed compared to employees, as well as …-employed people at older ages in Ireland results from lower retirement rates among the self-employed and not from transitions from … form of supplementary pension cover than the employed. These lower retirement rates and lower degrees of pension cover …