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We analyze the saving motives of European households using micro-data from the Household Finance and Consumption Survey … suggest that the retirement motive and the precautionary motive are the dominant motives for saving in Europe partly because … in Europe than is the altruism model …
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effect of wealth shocks on household consumption and individual expectations of the future. Many household experienced a …
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We study the redistributive effects of inflation combining administrative bank data with an information provision experiment during an episode of historic inflation. On average, households are well-informed about prevailing inflation and are concerned about its impact on their wealth; yet, while...
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household or group of households. This paper contributes to previous studies of the distributive impact of recent high inflation … inflation gap remains even after energy prices have eased and when controlling for other household characteristics. Results also … show that the distributive impact of inflation on household groups has varied over time, as changes in relative prices …
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Using administrative panel data from Norway, we investigate the development of household labor income, financial wealth … ; precautionary saving ; consumption smoothing ; household portfolios ; portfolio allocation ; optimal unemployment insurance …
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In this paper we document significantly steeper declines in nondurable expenditures in the UK compared to the US, in spite of income paths being similar. We explore several possible causes, including different employment paths, housing ownership and expenses, levels and paths of health status,...
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