Buffer-stock saving and households' response to income shocks

Giulio Fella, Serafin Frache and Winfried Koeniger

No 2016001, Documentos de trabajo from Banco Central del Uruguay

Abstract: We use the Italian Survey of Household Income and Wealth, a rather unique dataset with a long time dimension of panel information on consumption, income and wealth, to structurally estimate a buffer-stock saving model. We exploit the information contained in the joint dynamics of income, consumption and wealth to quantify the degree of insurance against income risk. The estimated model implies that Italian households can insure between 89 and 95 percent of a transitory and between 7 and 9 percent of a permanent income shock. Compared to existing empirical estimates for the same dataset, our findings suggest that Italian households do not have access to significant insurance beyond self-insurance

Keywords: Consumption; Wealth; Incomplete markets; Insurance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D91 E21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 38 pages
Date: 2016-01
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