This paper studies household financial choices in four euro area countries. The goal of the analysis is to understand … household income and asset market returns, has a differential impact on individuals within and across countries. Generally, poor … policy-induced variations in stock returns. Finally, monetary contractions have a larger impact on consumption in Germany and …

luxury goods. Moreover, uncertainty reduces household propensity to invest in mutual funds. These results support the notion … that macroeconomic uncertainty can impact household decisions and have large negative effects on economic outcomes …

quantitative measure of individual and household caloric requirements. We then link our estimates of caloric requirements with … consumption data to examine how caloric requirements coupled with household expenditures shape food demand. Our applications … household-scale and changes in caloric intake over time …

family's health, nutrition, and finances. However, this does not increase overall adoption of health-promoting behaviors or … protein-rich foods as well as household spending on these foods …

household utility and benefits of eliminating idiosyncratic shocks related to the business cycle as 3.4% of utility. Estimates … the business cycle, estimate the negative skewness of shocks, target moments of idiosyncratic shocks from household … insuring idiosyncratic shocks unrelated to the business cycle, such as the death of a household's prime wage earner and job …

Expenditure visibility--the extent to which a household's spending on a consumption category is noticeable to others …