Arbeitspapier
Household savings decision and income uncertainty
This paper empirically investigates the effects of changes in the interest rate as well as transitory income uncertainty on households' consumption-savings decision. Applying a structural demand model to German survey data, we estimate the uncompensated interest rate elasticity for savings, in line with the literature, to around zero. Accordingly, any policy-induced variation of net returns to savings is expected to have no significant effects on the level of savings. Moreover, we find significant effects of precautionary savings on the consumption-savings decision. As a result of a doubling of transitory income uncertainty, an average household increases savings by 4:4%. These effects vary by household composition and social status.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: DIW Discussion Papers ; No. 1046
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making‡
Macroeconomics: Consumption; Saving; Wealth
- Thema
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Consumption-savings decision
interest rate elasticity of savings
income uncertainty
Sparen
Zeitpräferenz
Einkommen
Risiko
Zins
Elastizität
Schätzung
Deutschland
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Beznoska, Martin
Ochmann, Richard
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
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Berlin
- (wann)
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2010
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Beznoska, Martin
- Ochmann, Richard
- Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
Entstanden
- 2010