Household Consumption in Japan : Role of Income and Asset Developments /

We study Japanese household consumption at a disaggregated level focusing on the role of income and asset dynamics. Stagnation of real per capita consumption is widespread acrosslabor market groups, age groups and regions. Consumption-to-income ratios have been mildly increasing due to the rising sh...

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Bibliografische gegevens
Hoofdauteur: Vihriala, Erkki
Formaat: Tijdschrift
Taal:English
Gepubliceerd in: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2017.
Reeks:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2017/023
Online toegang:Full text available on IMF