Abstract:This paper discusses a factor influencing consumption in China that has not been widely addressed: the retirement age. Many previous studies on the relationship between retirement age and consumption are based on data from developed countries. Because of the many differences between China and the developed economies, this analysis relies on the Lau (2009) overlapping‐generations model. This model is more suitable for determining the relationship between consumption and retirement age in China, and for highligh… Show more
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