Job loss expectations, durable consumption and household finances: Evidence from linked survey data

Yuri Pettinicchi and Nathanaël Vellekoop

No 249, SAFE Working Paper Series from Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE

Abstract: Job security is important for durable consumption and household savings. Using surveys, workers express a probability that they will lose their job in the next 12 months. In order to assess the empirical content of these probabilities, we link survey data to administrative data with labor market outcomes. Workers predict job loss quite well, in particular those whose job loss is followed by unemployment. Workers with higher job loss expectations acquire cheaper cars, and are less likely to buy new cars. In line with models of precautionary saving, higher job loss expectations are associated with more savings and less exposure to risky assets.

Keywords: Subjective expectations; Durable consumption; Household saving (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C81 C83 D14 J63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3365473

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