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Consumption Heterogeneity: Micro Drivers and Macro Implications

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  • Edmund Crawley
  • Andreas Kuchler

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We document heterogeneity in the marginal propensity to consume (MPC) across household characteristics relevant to understanding heterogeneous agent models and monetary policy transmission. We find a strong negative relationship between household liquid wealth and MPC. We show that household liquid wealth predicts MPC closely for every other household characteristic we look at. We use a new empirical method that overcomes sources of bias found in the existing literature, along with administrative data from Denmark that allow us to identify heterogeneous behavior. We use our results to analyze monetary policy transmission mechanisms in both Denmark and the United States.

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  • Edmund Crawley & Andreas Kuchler, 2023. "Consumption Heterogeneity: Micro Drivers and Macro Implications," American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, American Economic Association, vol. 15(1), pages 314-341, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:aejmac:v:15:y:2023:i:1:p:314-41
    DOI: 10.1257/mac.20200352
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    1. Savignac, Frederique & Hubert, Paul, 2023. "Monetary Policy and Labor Income Inequality: the Role of Extensive and Intensive Margins," CEPR Discussion Papers 18130, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    2. Daniel H. Cooper & Barry Z. Cynamon & Steven Fazzari, 2023. "Sustainable Consumption and the Comprehensive Economic Well-Being of American Households," Working Papers 23-5, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
    3. Kozo UEDA, 2023. "Marginal Propensity to Consume and Personal Characteristics: Evidence from Bank Transaction Data and Survey," CIGS Working Paper Series 23-007E, The Canon Institute for Global Studies.
    4. Riccardo De Bonis & Danilo Liberati & John Muellbauer & Concetta Rondinelli, 2023. "Why net worth is the wrong concept for explaining consumption: evidence from Italy," Economics Series Working Papers 1026, University of Oxford, Department of Economics.
    5. Ghosh, Anisha & Theloudis, Alexandros, 2023. "Consumption Partial Insurance in the Presence of Tail Income Risk," Other publications TiSEM c8da0a17-57cb-40bf-ab61-6, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
    6. Gizem Koşar & Davide Melcangi & Laura Pilossoph & David Wiczer, 2023. "Stimulus through Insurance: The Marginal Propensity to Repay Debt," Staff Reports 1065, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

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    JEL classification:

    • D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
    • E43 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • G51 - Financial Economics - - Household Finance - - - Household Savings, Borrowing, Debt, and Wealth

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