Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/318157 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
BCAM Working Paper No. 1904
Publisher: 
Birkbeck, University of London, Birkbeck Centre for Applied Macroeconomics (BCAM), London
Abstract: 
We document systematic and significant time variation in the profiles of lifecycle consumption expenditures in the US. Lifecycle consumption profiles have consistently become flatter through time. Pooling data across different periods to identify consumption profiles masks relevant time variation and may artificially generate the well known hump-shaped consumption age profile. We also identify the effect of perceived housing wealth on lifecycle consumption profiles. Housing influenced lifecycle consumption particularly from 2006 onwards and for older households. We propose mechanisms that may account for the estimated results employing an overlapping generations model with perceived housing wealth and time varying borrowing constraints
Subjects: 
Age profile of Consumption
Structural Trends
House Prices
JEL: 
E21
J11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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