Much of the literature on the effect of housing wealth on consumption has been embedded in a simple life-cycle model in … which housing price changes work as a "wealth effect". In such models, windfall gains in housing always lead to positive … changes in consumption. However, this might constitute a fallacy of composition. Such models ignore that changes in housing …

Much of the literature on the effect of housing wealth on consumption has been embedded in a simple life-cycle model in … which housing price changes work as a "wealth effect". In such models, windfall gains in housing always lead to positive … changes in consumption. However, this might be a fallacy of composition. Such models ignore that changes in housing wealth …

We solve a rich life-cycle model of household decisions involving consumption of perishable goods and housing services …, habit formation for housing consumption, stochastic labor income, stochastic house prices, home renting and owning, stock …-dependent housing expenditure share, (iii) non-housing consumption being significantly more sensitive to wealth and income shocks than …

The study primarily explores the linkage between wealth effects, arising from stock and housing market channels, and … household final consumption for 11 advanced countries over the period from 1970 Q1 to 2015 Q4. As a modelling strategy, we …-panel and country-level analyses. In this respect, we find that consumption is mostly explained by income and housing wealth is …