We examine the household consumption response to fluctuations in income and uncertainty, exploiting a large panel …, both household-specific income uncertainty and local labor market uncertainty depress consumption spending. We also find …

This paper estimates a household saving rate equation for India and the Republic of Korea using long-term time series … data for the 1975–2010 period, focusing in particular on the impact of the premarital sex ratio on the household saving … to females) has a significant impact on the household saving rate in both India and the Republic of Korea, even after …

changes in household debt and savings during the 2007 recession. We find that while different segments of the population were …Using administrative credit report records and data collected through several special household surveys we analyze … retirement and savings accounts. If anything, such contributions actually declined on average during that year. Instead, the …

find that remittances seem to change the household consumption patterns. However, we do not find strong evidence that …

ex ante homeowners who rate (cash-out) refinance an existing loan to increase savings (consumption) are significantly …

ex-ante homeowners who rate (cash-out) refinance an existing loan to increase savings (consumption) are significantly …

loan to increase lifetime savings are significantly more likely to underestimate their house value, while homeowners who …