Lifecycle Impacts of the Financial and Economic Crisis on Household Optimal Consumption, Portfolio Choice, and Labor Supply
dc.contributor.author | Chai, Jingjing | |
dc.contributor.author | Maurer, Raimond H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Mitchell, Olivia S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Rogalla, Ralph | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-11-17T20:23:33Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-11-17T20:23:33Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-09 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/87952 | |
dc.description.abstract | The direct financial impact of the financial crisis has been to deal a heavy blow to investment-based pensions; many workers lost a substantial portion of their retirement saving. The financial sector implosion in turn produced an economic crisis for the rest of the economy via high unemployment and reduced labor earnings, which reduced contributions to Social Security and private pensions. Our research asks which types of individuals were most affected by these dual financial and economic shocks, and it also explores how people may react by changing their consumption, saving and investment, work and retirement, and annuitization decisions. We do so with a realistically calibrated lifecycle framework allowing for time-varying investment opportunities and countercyclical risky labor income dynamics. We show that households near retirement will reduce both short- and long-term consumption, boost work effort, and defer retirement. Younger cohorts will initially reduce their work hours, consumption, saving, and equity exposure; later in life, they will have to work more, retire later, consume less, invest more in stocks, and save more. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Social Security Administration | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Michigan Retirement Research Center, University of Michigan, P.O. Box 1248, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 2011-11 | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | WP 246 | en_US |
dc.subject | Economic Crisis, Unemployment, Retirement, Investment | en_US |
dc.title | Lifecycle Impacts of the Financial and Economic Crisis on Household Optimal Consumption, Portfolio Choice, and Labor Supply | en_US |
dc.type | Working Paper | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Population and Demography | |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Goethe University Frankfurt | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Goethe University Frankfurt | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Goethe University Frankfurt | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/87952/1/wp246.pdf | |
dc.owningcollname | Retirement and Disability Research Center, Michigan (MRDRC) |
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