Consumption smoothing at retirement: average and quantile treatment effects in the regression discontinuity design
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Keywords
Retirement Consumption Puzzle; Consumption Smoothing; Household Expenditure; Regression Discontinuity; Quantile Treatment Effect;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models
- J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination
- J26 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Retirement; Retirement Policies
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGE-2015-11-21 (Economics of Ageing)
- NEP-EUR-2015-11-21 (Microeconomic European Issues)
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