The wealthy hand-to-mouth are households who hold little or no liquid wealth (cash, checking, and savings accounts … accounts). We use survey data on household portfolios for the U.S., Canada, Australia, the U.K., Germany, France, Italy, and …

The wealthy hand-to-mouth are households who hold little or no liquid wealth (cash, checking, and savings accounts … accounts). We use survey data on household portfolios for the U.S., Canada, Australia, the U.K., Germany, France, Italy, and …

This paper investigates the relationship between wealth, ageing and saving behaviour of private households by using … pooled cross sections of German consumption survey data. Different components of wealth are distinguished, as their impact on … wealth. In addition, the savings rate strongly responds to demographic trends. Besides the direct impact of the age structure …

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 …