criterion to rank them but that the retirement motive is the most important saving motive of European households if the …In this paper, we analyze the saving motives of European households using micro-data from the Household Finance and … most important saving motive of European households when the proportion of households saving for each motive is used as the …

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 … saving. Thus, the Wealth Decumulation Puzzle (the tendency of the retired elderly to decumulate their wealth more slowly than …

the age structure of the population on the saving rate, the saving behavior of retired households, saving motives, the … literature on household saving behavior in Japan (with emphasis on the author's own past research) to shed light on whether or …

version of the selfish life-cycle model and then survey the literature on household saving and bequest behavior in Japan in …

rank them but that the retirement motive is the most important saving motive of European households if the quantitative …We analyze the saving motives of European households using micro-data from the Household Finance and Consumption Survey … saving motive of European households when the proportion of households saving for each motive is used as the criterion to …

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 … saving. Thus, the Wealth Decumulation Puzzle (the tendency of the retired elderly to decumulate their wealth more slowly than …

expected wealth decumulation rate of the retired elderly, at least in the case of Japan, even though both precautionary saving …This paper analyzes the determinants of the wealth decumulation behavior of the retired elderly in Japan using unique … information from two household surveys, and by so doing, attempts to assess the relative importance of precautionary saving and …

This chapter is concerned with the distribution of personal wealth, which usually refers to the material assets that … on wealth distribution for a number of countries. This confirms the well known fact that wealth is more unequally … distributed than income, and points to a long term downward trend in wealth inequality over most of the twentieth century. We also …

-economic characteristics such as income, wealth and age? What is the weight of housing in households’ balance sheets and how does this vary …This paper produces new evidence and stylised facts on housing, wealth accumulation and wealth distribution, relying on … an in-depth analysis of micro-based data on household wealth across OECD countries. The analysis addresses several …