Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/203290 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
SAFE Working Paper No. 85
Version Description: 
June 15, 2015
Publisher: 
Goethe University Frankfurt, SAFE - Sustainable Architecture for Finance in Europe, Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
We solve a rich life-cycle model of household decisions involving consumption of perishable goods and housing services, habit formation for housing consumption, stochastic labor income, stochastic house prices, home renting and owning, stock investments, and portfolio constraints. In line with empirical observations, the optimal decisions involve (i) stock investments that are low or zero for many young agents and then gradually increasing over life, (ii) an age- and wealth-dependent housing expenditure share, (iii) non-housing consumption being significantly more sensitive to wealth and income shocks than housing consumption, and (iv) non-housing consumption being humpshaped over life.
Subjects: 
Habit formation
life-cycle household decisions
housing expenditureshare
consumption hump
stock market participation
human capital
JEL: 
G10
D14
D91
E21
R21
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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