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Project Citation: 

Blundell, Richard, Pistaferri, Luigi, and Saporta-Eksten, Itay. Replication data for: Consumption Inequality and Family Labor Supply. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2016. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-12-06. https://doi.org/10.3886/E116142V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary We examine the link between wage and consumption inequality using a life-cycle model incorporating consumption and family labor supply decisions. We derive analytical expressions for the dynamics of consumption, hours, and earnings of two earners in the presence of correlated wage shocks, nonseparability, progressive taxation, and asset accumulation. The model is estimated using panel data for hours, earnings, assets, and consumption. We focus on family labor supply as an insurance mechanism and find strong evidence of smoothing of permanent wage shocks. Once family labor supply, assets, and taxes are properly accounted for there is little evidence of additional insurance. (JEL D12, D14, D91, J22, J31)

Scope of Project

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      D12 Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
      D14 Household Saving; Personal Finance
      D15 Intertemporal Household Choice; Life Cycle Models and Saving
      J22 Time Allocation and Labor Supply
      J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials


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