Younger Households Saving: Evidence From Japan and Italy
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NBER Working Paper No. 3871
Issued in October 1991
NBER Program(s): ITI IFM
Both young and old consumers appear to dissave too little for their behaviour to be consistent with a strict life cycle model. We concentrate on young households and document their behaviour drawing from Italian and Japanese data. We also provide a theoretical set-up which can account for the observed fact without relying on assumptions about the working of credit markets or the degree of foresight of consumers.
Published: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Vol. 2, (1991).
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