Does Ill Health Affect Savings Intentions? Evidence from SHARE

This paper uses data from SHARE 2004 to analyze one possible causal pathway of the health-wealth gradient, namely differences in the marginal propensity to save and spend across different health states. Conditional on age and current wealth, I find weak relationships between health and the intended use of a hypothetical windfall gift as well bequest expectations. The overall effect of health on wealth through this link is positive but very small

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Jürges, Hendrik
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Sparen \| Savings \| Gesundheit \| Health \| EU-Staaten \| EU countries \| Erbe \| Inheritance

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (20 p)
Series:	MEA Discussion Paper ; No. 139-07
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments December 12, 2006 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.1445348 [DOI]
Classification:	I12 - Health Production: Nutrition, Mortality, Morbidity, Substance Abuse and Addiction, Disability, and Economic Behavior ; J14 - Economics of the Elderly
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014205628