蝌蚪网 Review
ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)
Household Production and the Excess Sensitivity of Consumption to Current Income
蝌蚪网 Review
(pp. 902–920)
Abstract
Empirical research on the permanent-income hypothesis (PIH) has found that consumption growth is excessively sensitive to predictable changes in income. This finding is interpreted as strong evidence against the PIH. We propose an explanation for apparent excess sensitivity that is based on a quantitative equilibrium model of household production in which permanent-income consumers respond to shifts in sectoral wages and prices by substituting work effort and consumption across home and market sectors. Although the PIH is true, this mechanism generates apparent excess sensitivity because market consumption responds to predictable income growth.Citation
Baxter, Marianne, and Urban J. Jermann. 1999. "Household Production and the Excess Sensitivity of Consumption to Current Income." 蝌蚪网 Review 89 (4): 902–920. DOI: 10.1257/aer.89.4.902JEL Classification
- D13 Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation
- E21 Macroeconomics: Consumption; Saving; Wealth