hypothesis, which is undoubtedly the most widely used theoretical model of household behavior in economics, and then survey the … literature on household saving behavior in Japan (with emphasis on the author's own past research) to shed light on whether or …

In this paper, we analyze the saving motives of European households using micro-data from the Household Finance and …-quarter of total household wealth in Europe provides further corroboration for this finding. …

This paper investigates the wealth, consumption, and savings behavior of elderly individuals through the lens of the …, and savings during retirement age. According to our results, there is a consistent decrease in all examined variables with …

correct for some parts of household savings, we question the correctness of the unitary model with respect to non …-mandatory retirement savings. Therefore we analyze the intra-household allocation of retirement savings between partners in Germany taking … "peer effect". The unitary model of household decision making can thus be rejected with respect to retirement savings. …

to evaluate the adequacy of retirement savings. We find first that the specification of the model's asset structure …

correct for some parts of household savings, we question the correctness of the unitary model with respect to non …-mandatory retirement savings. To answer this question we analyze the intra-household allocation of retirement savings between partners in … of household decision making can thus be rejected with respect to retirement savings. …

We study the role of household saving behaviour, of individual motives for saving and that of perceived liquidity … constraints in 15 Euro Area countries. The empirical analysis is based on the Household Finance and Consumption Survey, a new … harmonized data set collecting detailed information on wealth holdings, consumption and income at the household level. Since the …

We study the role of household saving behaviour, of individual motives for saving and that of perceived liquidity … constraints in 15 Euro Area countries. The empirical analysis is based on the Household Finance and Consumption Survey, a new … harmonized data set collecting detailed information on wealth holdings, consumption and income at the household level. Since the …

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 …