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MARIA FRANCESCA CRACOLICI

Inequalities in Consumption Patterns over the Life Cycle and the Great Recession

  • Autori: Bernini C., Cracolici M.F., Cuffaro M.
  • Anno di pubblicazione: 2015
  • Tipologia: Contributo in atti di convegno pubblicato in volume
  • Parole Chiave: Consumption behaviour; life cycle analysis; cohort approach; great recession
  • OA Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/285764

Abstract

The aim of the study is to analyse the relationship between recession, population structure and consumption behaviour over the life cycle. To this aim, we consider three clusters of non-durable expenditures such as food at home, work-related and core expenditures. The analysis has been performed on micro data on the Household Budgets for the period 1997-2013. Based on life cycle theory, two statistical models has been estimated, viz. a pre-crisis (1997-2007) and a great recession period (2008-2013) model. The study shows that the recession has entailed a reduction of the average expenditure for each category of consumption, and the intensity of the reduction is different among households and generations.