Using representative household surveys conducted in Thailand and Vietnam during the COVID-19 pandemic, we find that the … the savings position plays a crucial role, as the effects are especially pronounced for households that experienced a … decline in savings. This result contradicts a prediction from the life-cycle permanent income model with borrowing constraints …

the Belgian component of the Household Finance and Consumption Survey. We find that the fraction of hand … observable characteristics and marginal propensities to consume (MPCs) of the three household types We find that Belgian wealthy …

-income households were slightly more affected than others due to their consumption patterns. The savings rate also depends on employment … or more of their income. On average, every household saved a good 17 percent of their income in 2013. …

behavior; and the benefits of financial education appear to span a number of areas including retirement planning, savings …

We analyze the saving motives of European households using micro-data from the Household Finance and Consumption Survey …

We examine the relationship between household wealth and self-control. Although self-control has been linked to … standard representative survey. We find that self-control failure is strongly associated with different household net wealth …

This paper studies consumption and savings decisions of Danish households before and during the financial crisis as … well as in the more recent years characterized by negative policy rates. While all household groups decreased their … during recent years. This indicates that household balance-sheet adjustment is a relatively long process, which has extended …

to consume (MPCs). Our main contribution is to document how MPCs vary with household characteristics and prize size, and …