Martín, Joaquín Alegre; Garcias, Llorenç Pou - Departament d'Economia Aplicada, Facultat de Ciències … - 2012
One of the central predictions of the Life Cycle Hypothesis is that individuals run down their wealth during retirement. Although housing wealth is the largest component of total household wealth in most countries, empirical evidence supporting the decumulation hypothesis is mixed. In this paper...