Tag: survey data

money house

To see if attitudes are changing about the potential for using one’s home to cover living expenses in retirement, the Center for Retirement Research commissioned a survey that examined the house as a potential source of retirement income. Harris Interactive ® conducted the study online within the United States between January 24 and February 2,…

Senior man calculating finances

Abstract We examine the saving decline from the perspective of microeconomic survey data on the wealth position of American households. Can the surveys provide information on the nature and causes of the saving decline that are not evident in the macroeconomic information? The analysis concentrates on data obtained from six Surveys of Consumer Finances (SCF)…