Age, Retirement and Expenditure Patterns: An Econometric Study of Older Canadian Households

Frank Denton, Dean Mountain () and Byron Spencer

Quantitative Studies in Economics and Population Research Reports from McMaster University

Abstract: The paper explores the allocation of consumption expenditure by the older population among different categories of goods and services, and how expenditure patterns change with age within that population. Of particular interest is whether observed differences between pre- retirement and post-retirement patterns are a consequence of changes in "tastes" or reductions in income. An adapted form of the Deaton and Muellbauer Almost Ideal Demand System is estimated with data from six Family Expenditure Surveys and used to investigate that question. The findings suggest that observed changes in budget allocations are most closely related to reductions in income.

Keywords: consumption expenditure; retirement; income (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 2002-10
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