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Life-cycle consumption patterns at older ages in the US and the UK : can medical expenditures explain the difference?
Banks, James; Blundell, Richard W.; Levell, Peter; … - 2016
In this paper we document significantly steeper declines in nondurable expenditures in the UK compared to the US, in … ownership and expenses, levels and paths of health status, number of household members, and out-of -pocket medical expenditures …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011534273
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Life-cycle consumption patterns at older ages in the US and the UK : can medical expenditures explain the difference?
Banks, James; Blundell, Richard W.; Levell, Peter; … - 2015
In this paper we document significantly steeper declines in nondurable expenditures in the UK compared to the US, in … ownership and expenses, levels and paths of health status, and out-of -pocket medical expenditures. Among all the potential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010498398
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Is there a "heat or eat" trade-off in the UK?
Beatty, Timothy K. M.; Blow, Laura; Crossley, Thomas F. - 2011
We merge detailed household level expenditure data from older households with historical local weather information. We then test for a heat or eat trade off: do houseolds cut back on food spending to finance the additional cost of keeping warm duing cold shocks? We find evidence that the poorest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009154838