CHANGES IN CONSUMPTION AT RETIREMENT: EVIDENCE FROM PANEL DATA

被引：47

作者：

Aguila, Emma

Attanasio, Orazio ^{[2
]}

Meghir, Costas ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] UCL, Yale Univ, London WC1E 6BT, England

[2] Inst Fiscal Studies, London, England

来源：

REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS | 2011年 / 93卷 / 03期

关键词：

PUZZLE;

D O I：

10.1162/REST_a_00140

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Previous empirical literature has found a sharp decline in consumption during the first years of retirement, implying that individuals do not save enough for their retirement. This phenomenon is called the retirement consumption puzzle. We find no evidence of the retirement consumption puzzle using panel data from 1980 to 2000. Consumption is defined as nondurable expenditure, a more comprehensive measure than only food used in many of the previous studies. We find that food expenditure declines at retirement, which is consistent with previous studies.

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页数：6

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