Arbeitspapier
Mortality shocks and household consumption: The case of Mexico
We study the effect of within-household mortality on the evolution of household per capita consumption. Relying on a panel survey of Mexican households, we find that these households were capable of perfectly smoothing the shock into their consumption caused by the death of a household member. Our findings indicate that a household's ability to smooth consumption depends neither on the characteristics of the deceased household member nor on the income of a particular household. We find no clear temporal pattern in the evolution of the shock caused by within-household mortality. Our results provide strong support for the hypothesis that the evolution of household consumption is not affected by within-household mortality.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IES Working Paper ; No. 22/2020
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
Intertemporal Household Choice; Life Cycle Models and Saving
Health and Economic Development
Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
- Thema
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Consumption
Consumption smoothing
Death
Mortality
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Šedivý, Marek
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Charles University in Prague, Institute of Economic Studies (IES)
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Prague
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2020
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Šedivý, Marek
- Charles University in Prague, Institute of Economic Studies (IES)
Entstanden
- 2020
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