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The Role of Credibility and Fundamentals in a Funded Pension System: A Markov Switching Analysis for Australia and Iceland

Bonasia, Mariangela; Napolitano, Oreste - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007

Since the turn of the millennium the problem of credibility of the social security system has spread to the private pension funds sector. This is evident for those countries, like Australia and Iceland, that have very large funded pensions assets as a result of strong pension reforms. The...

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Identifying Conflict and Violence in Micro-Level Surveys

Brück, Tilman; Justino, Patricia; Verwimp, Philip; … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010

, and across time, how individuals, households and communities are affected by violent conflict. The report provides an … affect the welfare characteristics and choices of individuals and households in conflict areas. …

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The Store-of-Value-Function of Money as a Component of Household Risk Management

Größl, Ingrid; Fritsche, Ulrich - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007

We analyse how money as a store of value affects the decisions of a representative household under diversifiable and non-diversifiable risks given that the central bank successfully stabilizes the rate of inflation at a low level. Assuming exponential utility allows us to derive an explicit...

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Ageing and Mobility in Germany: Are Women Taking the Fast Lane?

Kalinowska, Dominika; Kunert, Uwe - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009

Results from travel demand research in many countries show that - on average - women are less mobile and have different mobility patterns than men. Recent longitudinal studies of gender specific travel demand reveal converging mobility of males and females. Moreover, in some countries results...

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Foreign Currency Borrowing: The Case of Hungary

Pellényi, Gábor; Bilek, Péter - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009

We use household survey data from Hungary to analyse the determinants of foreign currency (FX) borrowing. We do not find evidence that Hungarian FX borrowers are better educated, wealthier or more risk-loving than their peers. In fact, FX borrowing is a common phenomenon driven mostly by...

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Foreign Currency Borrowing: The Case of Hungary

Pellényi, Gábor; Bilek, Péter - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009

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Do Wealthier Households Save More?: The Impact of the Demographic Factor

Belke, Ansgar; Dreger, Christian; Ochmann, Richard - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012

way, as the permanent income hypothesis suggests. Most prominently, older households tend to increase their savings in the …This paper investigates the relationship between wealth, ageing and saving behaviour of private households by using … the savings rate is not homogeneous. On average, the effect attributed to real estate dominates the other components of …

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Savings in Central Eastern Europe

Schrooten, Mechthild; Stephan, Sabine - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2001

The paper seeks to add to the existing literature on aggregate and private savings by focusing on transition economies …, aggregate and private savings are driven by almost the same forces - this is the central focus of the paper. The most important …

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Back on Track?: Savings Puzzles in EU-Accession Countries

Schrooten, Mechthild; Stephan, Sabine - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2002

savings. Is saving behaviour in EU-accession countries now driven by the same forces as it is in market economies? We use a …

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