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 …

data from a representative Dutch household panel to study the impact of uncertainty regarding one's savings adequacy on …

Who is wealthy? This paper presents empirical estimates of household movements into and out of the top percents of the …

-) indebtedness which relate household income and debt services to different concepts of subsistence levels, this paper investigates … whether severe household indebtedness is driven by trigger events such as unemployment, childbirth, divorce, or the death of … are likely to cause severe household indebtedness. Unemployment also worsens the relative debt situation mainly due to the …

Who is wealthy? This paper presents empirical estimates of household movements into and out of the top percents of the …

Using credit report records and data collected from several household surveys, we analyze changes in household debt and … appears to reflect a considerable decline in household debt, as households paid down mortgage debt in particular. At the end …