on 387 calorie-income elasticities collected from 90 primary studies, our results identify that the threshold income for …

In this paper we look at the relationship between health and income as mediated by "lifestyle" choices; that is, a set … that there are substantial differences between the permanent and transitory income determinants - also in terms of the … direction of the effects. Moreover, we find that income effects often differ significantly in size and sometimes sign according …

decomposing disposable income into labour, property and transfer income is essential for understanding and forecasting consumption …. Finally, substantial crosscountry heterogeneity in marginal propensities to consume out of income and wealth components calls …

on the relative importance of savings by lower, middle and upper income groups for single-child families and for all … households, this study also demonstrates that the savings decisions depend heavily on the level of household income. Single …

approach is the parameterisation of the information content regarding future income changes. In addition to the information … regarding time series properties of the historical development of labour income, consumers have also period-specific information … on future income realisations. Estimation results support the hypothesis that, although front-loaded, consumers have a …

- relative to older borrowers has played a major role in easing the debt repayment burden in the presence of large income shocks …. Notwithstanding historically low interest rates, we show that income shocks are the main factor contributing to mortgage repayment …

from similar positions in the consumption distribution Blacks end up in lower percentiles than Whites. Education, income …