This paper analyzes the determinants of the wealth decumulation behavior of the retired elderly in Japan using unique … expected wealth decumulation rate of the retired elderly, at least in the case of Japan, even though both precautionary saving … burden of parental care may also affect the wealth decumulation behavior of the retired elderly in Japan. Given that parental …

This paper analyzes the determinants of the wealth decumulation behavior of the retired elderly in Japan using unique … expected wealth decumulation rate of the retired elderly, at least in the case of Japan, even though both precautionary saving … burden of parental care may also affect the wealth decumulation behavior of the retired elderly in Japan. Given that parental …

In this paper, we analyze the wealth accumulation and saving behavior of the retired elderly in Italy using micro data … from the "Survey of Italian Households' Income and Wealth," a panel survey of households conducted every two years by the … Bank of Italy. We find that, on average, the retired elderly in Italy are decumulating their wealth (dissaving) but that …

-quarter of total household wealth in Europe provides further corroboration for this finding. …