The retirement consumption conundrum: Evidence from a consumption survey

被引：18

作者：

Fisher, Jonathan D. ^{[1
]}

Johnson, David S.

Marchand, Joseph ^{[2
]}

Smeeding, Timothy M. ^{[3
]}

Torrey, Barbara Boyle

机构：

[1] Litigat Analyt Inc, New York, NY 10017 USA

[2] Univ Alberta, Dept Econ, Edmonton, AB T6G 2M7, Canada

[3] Syracuse Univ, Ctr Policy Res, Syracuse, NY 13244 USA

来源：

ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2008年 / 99卷 / 03期

关键词：

retirement consumption puzzle; life-cycle hypothesis;

D O I：

10.1016/j.econlet.2007.09.030

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Recent studies have shown that food consumption declines at retirement. We use broader definitions of consumption from the Consumer Expenditure Survey and find that the so-called retirement consumption puzzle is solved by using comprehensive consumption data. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：482 / 485

页数：4