We use household-level data from the Household Budgetary Survey to study the saving patterns of Maltese households. We … probability of saving is actually highest among households with low education. We interpret these findings through the … sheds further light on the saving intensity of households based on their characteristics. These findings can inform both …

intratemporal nonseparability in households’ preferences. I find evidence in favor of intratemporal dependence between total … utility services. My findings also indicate households are more willing to substitute housing and nondurable consumption …

Private consumption demand falls in response to increased unemployment risk during a recession, as households increase … that having many ’hand-to-mouth’ households, who do not respond to changes in income risk, significantly dampens the demand …

one form or the other, these distortions have implied significant transfers from households to firms. If China is to …