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Consumption Over the Life Cycle

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Gourinchas, P.O.
Parker, J.A.

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This paper employs a synthetic cohort technique and Consumer Expenditure Survey data to construct average age-profiles of consumption and income over the working lives of typical households across different education and occupation groups.

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Paper provided by Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems in its series Working papers with number 9722.

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Length: 44 pages
Date of creation: 1997
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Handle: RePEc:att:wimass:9722

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Keywords: CONSUMPTION ; INCOME;

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C40 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - General
C42 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Survey Methods

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  1. Carroll, Christopher D, 1997. "Buffer-Stock Saving and the Life Cycle/Permanent Income Hypothesis," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, MIT Press, vol. 112(1), pages 1-55, February.
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