Wealth Effects on Consumption Across the Wealth Distribution: Empirical Evidence

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Luc Arrondel

Paris School of Economics (PSE)

Pierre Lamarche

European Union - Eurostat

Frederique Savignac

University Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC)

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Date Written: July 9, 2015

Abstract

This paper studies the heterogeneity of the marginal propensity to consume out of wealth using French household surveys. We find decreasing marginal propensity to consume out of wealth across the wealth distribution for all net wealth components. The marginal propensity to consume out of financial assets tends to be higher compared with the effect of housing assets, except in the top of the wealth distribution. Consumption is less sensitive to the value of the main residence than to other housing assets. We also investigate the heterogeneity arising from indebtedness and from the role of housing assets as collateral.

Keywords: Consumption, Marginal propensity to consume out of wealth, Policy distributive effects, Household survey

JEL Classification: D12, E21, C21

Suggested Citation

Arrondel, Luc and Lamarche, Pierre and Savignac, Frederique, Wealth Effects on Consumption Across the Wealth Distribution: Empirical Evidence (July 9, 2015). ECB Working Paper No. 1817, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2628721 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2628721

Luc Arrondel

Paris School of Economics (PSE) ( email )

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Pierre Lamarche

European Union - Eurostat ( email )

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Luxembourg

Frederique Savignac (Contact Author)

University Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC) ( email )

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Creteil cedex, 94010
France

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