On the basis of a concatenation of fifteen Belgian household budget surveys from 1995/96 to 2010, we investigate the … impact of demographic factors, such as ageing and changing household composition, on saving behaviour. Not focusing on high … change in household size and composition. Older people seem to be more impatient, and thus save less, though this evidence is …

We develop a novel framework to analyze the structural implications of the marriage market for household consumption … patterns. We start by defining a revealed preference characterization of efficient household consumption when the marriage is … observation per household and individual preferences are heterogeneous across households. In addition, the characterization allows …

We develop a novel framework to analyze the structural implications of the marriage market for household consumption …. We define a revealed preference characterization of efficient household consumption when the marriage is stable … characterization generates testable conditions even with a single consumption observation per household and heterogeneous individual …