This paper uses repeated cross-sections of the INSEE Household Budget Survey to estimate life cycle profiles of consumption, controlling for cohort and time effects. We construct age profiles for total and nondurable consumption as well as expenditure patterns for consumer durables. We find...

This paper analyses the intragenerational distributional impact of the French private sector pension scheme among workers born in the 1950s, using comparisons of the internal rates of return. We focus on the redistributive patterns according to the level of income, but also provide elements on...