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Gambling and the use of credit: an individual and household level analysis

Brown, Sarah; Dickerson, Andrew Peter; McHardy, Jolian Peter - Department of Economics, University of Sheffield - 2010

use of credit, at the individual and household level using representative pooled cross-section data drawn from the UK … Expenditure and Food Surveys (EFS), 2001 to 2007. Gambling and the use of credit are shown to be positively correlated at the … between gambling and the use of credit is remarkably stable across household income. In addition to our household level …

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Preach What You Practice? Donating Behaviour of Parents and Their Offspring

Brown, Sarah; Srivastava, Preety; Taylor, Karl - Department of Economics, University of Sheffield - 2012

Using data drawn from the U.S. Panel Study of Income Dynamics, we explore the relationship between the donating behaviour of parents and that of their children aged less than 18. Furthermore, we exploit information relating to whether or not parents encourage their children to donate to charity...

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Intergenerational Analysis of Social Interaction

Brown, Sarah; McHardy, Jolian; Taylor, Karl - Department of Economics, University of Sheffield - 2011

We explore the relationship between the social interaction of parents and their offspring from a theoretical and an empirical perspective. Our theoretical framework establishes possible explanations for the intergenerational transfer of social interaction whereby the social interaction of the...

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Modelling Charitable Donations to an Unexpected Natural Disaster: Evidence from the U.S. Panel Study of Income Dynamics

Taylor, Karl; Brown, Sarah; Harris, Mark N. - Department of Economics, University of Sheffield - 2009

Using household-level data, we explore the relationship between donations to the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami disaster and other charitable donations. The empirical evidence suggests that donations specifically for the victims of the tsunami are positively associated with the amount...

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Modelling Charitable Donations: A Latent Class Panel Approach

Brown, Sarah; Taylor, Karl; Harris, Mark N - Department of Economics, University of Sheffield - 2010

Abstract: We apply a latent class tobit framework to the analysis of charitable donations at the household level where the latent class aspect of the model splits households into two groups, which we subsequently interpret as "low" donators and "high" donators. Then the tobit part of the model...

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Financial Concerns and Overall Life Satisfaction: A Joint Modelling Approach

Gray, Daniel - Department of Economics, University of Sheffield - 2014

This paper explores the relationship between the household's financial position and overall life satisfaction. The empirical analysis, based on a large nationally representative panel survey for Germany, aims to ascertain the impact of a household's subjective and monetary financial positions on...

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Expectations and the Saving Behaviour of Children: Analysis of the U.S. Panel Study of Income Dynamics

Brown, Sarah; Taylor, Karl - Department of Economics, University of Sheffield - 2012

In this paper, we analyse the saving behaviour of a sample of children drawn from the 2002 and 2007 Child Development Supplements of the U.S. Panel Study of Income Dynamics. In particular, we focus on the influence of children’s expectations and attitudes towards the future on the total level...

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Household Finances and Well-Being: An Empirical Analysis of Comparison Effects

Brown, Sarah; Gray, Daniel - Department of Economics, University of Sheffield - 2014

This paper explores the importance of the household's financial position for an individual's level of well-being. Initially, the empirical analysis, based on a large nationally representative panel survey, aims to ascertain the impact of the household's monetary financial position on overall...

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Household finances and the 'Big Five' personality traits

Brown, Sarah; Taylor, Karl - Department of Economics, University of Sheffield - 2011

We explore the relationship between household finances and personality traits from an empirical perspective. Specifically, using individual level data drawn from the British Household Panel Survey, we analyse the influence of personality traits on financial decision-making at the individual...

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The Saving Behaviour of Children: Analysis of British Panel Data

Brown, Sarah; Taylor, Karl - Department of Economics, University of Sheffield - 2011

We explore the influences on the saving behaviour of children aged 11 to 15 using panel data drawn from the British Household Panel Survey Youth Questionnaire. Our empirical findings suggest that parental allowances/pocket money exert a moderating influence on the probability that a child will...

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