Much of the literature on the effect of housing wealth on consumption has been embedded in a simple life-cycle model in … changes in consumption. However, this might constitute a fallacy of composition. Such models ignore that changes in housing … the classic Ando-Modigliani consumption function augmented by housing wealth can be deduced. It is shown that the deeper …

, and total net worth) on consumption. The study uses longitudinal household-level data?from the Panel Study of Income … wealth are closely linked to household characteristics, including income and demographic factors. Finally, underlying … structural changes in household characteristics point to potentially lower aggregate MPCs from wealth going forward …

an innovative approach to identifying households likely in need of credit to investigate the effect on household spending …