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The authors discuss the challenges of using the life-cycle framework, defending the theory and proposing future research directions for this model. 

Authors

Martin Browning
Martin Browning

Research Associate University of Copenhagen

Martin is an IFS Research Associate, a Nuffield Senior Research Fellow and a Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford.

Thomas Crossley
Thomas F. Crossley

Research Fellow University of Michigan

Tom is a Research Fellow at IFS, a Research Professor for the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan.

Working Paper details

DOI
10.1920/wp.ifs.2001.0115
Publisher
Institute for Fiscal Studies

Suggested citation

Browning, M and Crossley, T. (2001). The life-cycle model of consumption and saving. London: Institute for Fiscal Studies. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/life-cycle-model-consumption-and-saving (accessed: 24 April 2024).

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