The impact of retirement on household consumption in Japan
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Retirement; Household consumption; Life cycle/permanent income hypothesis; Retirement bonus;
All these keywords.JEL classification:
- D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
- E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
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