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Stated and Revealed Inequality Aversion in Three Subject Pools

Beranek, Benjamin; Cubitt, Robin; Gächter, Simon - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

a replication opportunity for those papers, with two innovations: (i) a design which allows stated and revealed …

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The Meaning of Failed Replications: A Review and Proposal

Clemens, Michael A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

The welcome rise of replication tests in economics has not been accompanied by a single, clear definition of … replication. A discrepant replication, in current usage of the term, can signal anything from an unremarkable disagreement over … methods to scientific incompetence or misconduct. This paper proposes an unambiguous definition of replication, one that …

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From Estimation Results to Stylized Facts: Twelve Recommendations for Empirical Research in International Activities of Heterogeneous Firms

Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

firm performance; replication; within-study replication by international research teams; meta-analysis; and talking to …

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Unobserved Heterogeneity and Risk in Wage Variance: Does Schooling Provide Earnings Insurance?

Mazza, Jacopo; van Ophem, Hans; Hartog, Joop - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

We apply a recently proposed method to disentangle unobserved heterogeneity from risk in returns to education. We replicate the original study on US men and extend to US women, UK men and German men. Most original results are not robust. A college education cannot universally be considered an...

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Does Greater Inequality Lead to More Household Borrowing? New Evidence from Household Data

Coibion, Olivier; Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Kudlyak, Marianna; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

One suggested hypothesis for the dramatic rise in household borrowing that preceded the financial crisis is that low-income households increased their demand for credit to finance higher consumption expenditures in order to "keep up" with higherincome households. Using household level data on...

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Savings and Prize-Linked Savings Accounts

Atalay, Kadir; Bakhtiar, Fayzan; Cheung, Stephen L.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Many households have insufficient savings to handle moderate and routine consumption shocks. Many of these financially fragile households also have the highest lottery expenditures as a proportion of income. This combination suggests that Prize-Linked Savings (PLS) accounts, that combine...

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Banks Information Policies, Financial Literacy and Household Wealth

Fort, Margherita; Manaresi, Francesco; Trucchi, Serena - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

We investigate the causal effect of financial literacy on financial assets, exploiting banks information policies for identification. In Italy, banks who belong to the PattiChiari consortium have implemented policies aimed at increasing transparency and procedural simplification. These policies...

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Household Finances and Social Interaction: Bayesian Analysis of Household Panel Data

Brown, Sarah; Ghosh, Pulak; Taylor, Karl - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We investigate the relationship between social interaction and household finances using data from the British Household Panel Survey. We contribute to the existing literature by exploring the relationship between a wide range of aspects of household finances and social interaction, rather than...

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

Brown, Sarah; Gray, Daniel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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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Do Natural Disasters Stimulate Individual Saving? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in a Highly Developed Country

Berlemann, Michael; Steinhardt, Max; Tutt, Jascha - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

While various empirical studies have found negative growth-effects of natural disasters, little is yet known about the microeconomic channels through which disasters might affect short- and especially long-term growth. This paper contributes to filling this gap in the literature by studying how...

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