• Title of article

    Saving behavior of older households: Rate-of-return, precautionary and inheritance effects

  • Author/Authors

    Jianakoplos، نويسنده , , Nancy A.; Menchik، نويسنده , , Paul L.; Irvine، نويسنده , , Robert F. Owen، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1996
  • Pages
    10
  • From page
    111
  • To page
    120
  • Abstract
    We estimate a model of household saving behavior using data from a panel of men nearing retirement age. We seek and find statistically significant rate-of-return, precautionary and intergenerational-transfer effects embedded within a retirement-consumption life-cycle model
  • Keywords
    Life-cycle saving , Rate-of-return effects on saving , Precautionary saving , inheritance
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Serial Year
    1996
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Record number

    434040