In this paper we analyze the relationship between unemployment and consumption. We study this relationship with panel … empirical results indicate that an increase in the duration of unemployment spells of male household heads is associated with … smaller consumption losses in Spanish and Italian households. We discuss this finding in the light of different market and …

paper we study the effect of this developmenton the demand for second mortgages and on the savings of Dutch households. We …) the savings of renters that may be considered as would-beowners. We find a significant effect of home equity on the demand … for second mortgages.Savings of homeowners decrease when house prices accelerate. We find no evidence that inc …

that household consumption drops after a child moves out of a household, while at the same time, per capita consumption …

women) can help explain measurable outcomes such as marriage formation, intra-marriage distribution of consumption goods …, savings, labor supply, leisure, type of relationship, divorce, and intermarriage. Predictions are based on Demand and Supply …

I examine the impact of happiness on consumption and savings behavior using data from the DNB Household Survey from the …

savings and investment, credit and housing booms in some countries and the allocation of resources towards less productive …

This article examines the potential risks on consumption behavior of lumpsum payments. As a pension, lump-sum payments … could be consumed too fast and generate an increase of poverty rates. We experimentally investigate consumption behavior in … an inter-temporal decision-making setting. Subjects make consumption and saving decisions in an environment with two …

distinguishing between consumption theories. Asking households about their intended spending under various scenarios, we find that 1 … somewhat forward-looking. A calibrated two-asset life-cycle precautionary savings model can account for these features of …