We document new facts on the dynamics of male wages and earnings, household earnings, and before- and after-tax income … Netherlands. Family and government insurance reduce, but do not eliminate non-linearities in household disposable income by age … relatively high at the beginning and end of one's working life, and for those in the lower and upper parts of the income …

service on health and income. This research has shown that effects of veteran status on mortality and earnings that appeared …: household and family life. In the present study we use the same IV approach to model the causal impact of Vietnam- era military …

We document a large increase in the cyclicality of the incomes of high-income households, coinciding with the rise in … their share of aggregate income. In the U.S., since top income shares began to rise rapidly in the early 1980s, incomes of … those in the top 1 percent of the income distribution have averaged 14 times average income and been 2.4 times more cyclical …

This paper examines how labor income volatility and social security benefits can influence lifecycle household … annuities, and stocks as well as bonds. Higher labor income uncertainty and lower old-age benefits boost demand for stable … income in retirement, but also when young. In addition, a declining equity glide path with age is appropriate for the worker …

household of only three people, in 1850 household size was twice that figure. Further, both the number of children and the … number of adults in a household have fallen dramatically. We develop a simple theory of household size where living with … others is beneficial solely because the costs of household public goods can be shared. In other words, we abstract from intra …

with similar tenants. We link the tenants to their tax records to obtain information on demographics, income, mobility … negative income shocks, evidencing a collateral effect …

We study the demand for household water connections in urban Morocco, and the effect of such connections on household … subset was offered a simplified procedure to purchase a household connection on credit (at a zero percent interest rate … located fairly close to their homes), household connections did not lead to any improvement in the quality of the water …

"This paper studies empirically the relationship between trade policy and individual income risk faced by workers, and … three steps. First, longitudinal data on workers are used to estimate time-varying individual income risk parameters in … various manufacturing sectors. Second, the estimated income risk parameters and data on trade barriers are used to analyze the …

This paper presents stochastic simulation results pertaining to the performance of nominal income targeting, here … existing studies of nominal income growth from a specified target rate. It attempts to improve on existing studies by …. The results suggest that nominal income targeting deserves serious consideration as a monetary policy strategy …