Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/173946 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
IFS Working Papers No. W16/12
Publisher: 
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London
Abstract: 
This paper uses the large and heterogeneous house price shocks in Denmark from 2006-2009 to provide new evidence on the contested determinants of the correlation between house prices and saving. Crucially, to compare the savings behaviour of home-owners who experienced di fferent house price shocks but similar shocks to income expectations, we exploit the structure of the wage setting process in the Danish public sector. We fi nd strong evidence of a causal link between changes in house prices and saving for young and old home-owners, both through a direct wealth eff ect and through housing equity serving as collateral or precautionary wealth.
Subjects: 
Housing
Saving
Wealth effect
Collateral
Debt dynamics
JEL: 
D14
D91
E21
R20
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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