UM04-14: Life-Cycle Saving in Dual-Earner Households

Researchers

• John Laitner
• Christopher House
• Dmitriy Stolyarov

Abstract

We propose to use the life-cycle model of saving behavior to investigate whether changes in married women’s labor market participation rates lead to mismeasurement of the national saving ratio. We propose to test our specification with microdata and to investigate resulting implications for Social Security reform.

Publications

• Valuing Lost Home Production for Dual-Earner Couples (Research Brief)
• Valuing Lost Home Production in Dual-Earner Couples (Working Paper)
• Life-Cycle Saving in Dual Earner Households (Conference Paper)

Project Year

2004