The impact of retirement on household consumption in Japan

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-83

  Stephens Jr , Melvin ^a   Unayama, Takashi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Household consumption; Life cycle permanent income hypothesis; Retirement; Retirement bonus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857446060     PISSN: 08891583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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