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Risk Sharing, Commitment Constraints and Self Help Groups
Attanasio, Orazio P.; Kochar, Anjini; Mahajan, Aprajit; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
self-help group lending program in rural Bihar, India (Hoffmann et al., 2021) to demonstrate that well-functioning groups …
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Life-cycle consumption patterns at older ages in the US and the UK : can medical expenditures explain the difference?
Banks, James; Blundell, Richard W.; Levell, Peter; … - 2015
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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010498398
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Differences in the level and structure of household indebtedness in the EU countries
Anioła, Paulina; Gołaś, Zbigniew - In: Contemporary economics 6 (2012) 1, pp. 46-59
household indebtedness in EU countries and the range of problems with debt service between 2005 and 2009. Statistical data from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009767635
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The effect of the financial crisis on older households in England
Banks, James; Crawford, Rowena; Crossley, Thomas F.; … - 2012
effect of wealth shocks on household consumption and individual expectations of the future. Many household experienced a …
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Households' Response to the Wealth Effects of Inflation
Schnorpfeil, Philip; Weber, Michael; Hackethal, Andreas - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
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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Subjective Income Expectations and Household Debt Cycles
D'Acunto, Francesco; Weber, Michael; Yin, Xiao - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
expectations. Extrapolative income expectations help explain state-dependent household debt cycles qualitatively and quantitatively …
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On the basis of (mis)trust? : spousal trust and trustworthiness in household decision making: experimental evidence from India
Sternberg, Henrike; Steinert, Janina; Vollmer, Sebastian - 2021 - This version: April 11, 2021
This paper examines the role of spousal trust in intra-household decision making through its potential of inciting the … India. 360 married couples were randomly assigned to either a control group, receiving a shared saving device (a lockbox … perspective, our findings have important implications for the design and evaluation of household-based (saving) interventions by …
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The evolution of consumption and wealth inequality in India : a quantitative assessment
Subramanian, Sreenivasan; Jayaraj, Dhairiyarayar - In: Journal of globalization and development 4 (2013) 2, pp. 253-281
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Interstate variation in household spending on education in India : does it influence educational status?
Varughese, Aswathy Rachel; Bairagya, Indrajit - In: Structural change and economic dynamics : SC+ED 59 (2021), pp. 405-415
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A tale of fish in two cities : consumption patterns of low-income households in South India
Jyotishi, Amalendu; Scholtens, Joeri; Viswanathan, Gopakumar - In: Journal of social and economic development 23 (2021) 2, pp. 240-257
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