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Life Cycle Model. Choice of leisure and goods consumption over the life cycle. B. Bosworth, G. Burtless and C. Sahn “The Trend in Lifetime Earnings Inequality and Its Impact on the Distribution of Retirement Income” August 2001 . Male Labor force Participation Rates by Age. 1948. 2003.
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Life Cycle Model Choice of leisure and goods consumption over the life cycle
B. Bosworth, G. Burtless and C. Sahn “The Trend in Lifetime Earnings Inequality and Its Impact on the Distribution of Retirement Income” August 2001
Male Labor force Participation Rates by Age 1948 2003 F.D. Blau, M.A. Ferber and A.E. Winkler, The Economics of Women, Men and Work 5th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.2006
B. Bosworth, G. Burtless and C. Sahn “The Trend in Lifetime Earnings Inequality and Its Impact on the Distribution of Retirement Income” August 2001
Female Labor force Participation Rates by Age 2003 1980 1960 1940 F.D. Blau, M.A. Ferber and A.E. Winkler, The Economics of Women, Men and Work 5th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.2006
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Life Cycle Model (No discounting) Annual consumption of goods and leisure Annual time budget Lifetime income Annual goods consumption
Income and Substitution effects Do fully anticipated wage increases have income effects? Substitution effects? Do unanticipated wage increases have income effects? Substitution effects? Transitory versus permanent wage shocks
Life expectancy at birth by gender, 1900—1990 How does rising life expectancy affect lifetime income? Leisure consumption? Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 1996. Chronic Care in America: A 21st Century Challenge.
Earnings expectations: early information is not perfect B. Bosworth, G. Burtless and C. Sahn “The Trend in Lifetime Earnings Inequality and Its Impact on the Distribution of Retirement Income” August 2001
Earnings expectations: early information is not perfect B. Bosworth, G. Burtless and C. Sahn “The Trend in Lifetime Earnings Inequality and Its Impact on the Distribution of Retirement Income” August 2001