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Beine, Michel; Lodigiani, Elisabetta; Vermeulen, Robert - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2011

Migrant remittances increased strongly since the 1980s, becoming an important and reliable source of funds for many … developing countries. Therefore, there is a strong incentive for receiving countries to attract more remittances, especially … remittances and potential measurement errors. We find a strong positive statistical and economic effect of remittances on …

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Migrants' Choice of Remittance Channel: Do General Payment Habits Play a Role?

Kosse, Anneke; Vermeulen, Robert - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2013

habits: migrants who regularly use internet banking for other purposes are more likely to use bank services for remittances …

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Changing payment patterns at point-of-sale: their drivers

Cruijsen, Carin van der; Plooij, Mirjam - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2015

Based on household surveys from 2004 and 2014 we show how payment patterns in the Netherlands have changed. This data is unique because it covers a long time span and includes detailed information on payment behaviour per point-of-sale (POS). In this period the usage of the debit card has...

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Market Thinness, List Price Revisions and Time to Sell: Evidence from a large-scale housing dataset

Hoeberichts, Marco; Rooij, Maarten van; Siegmann, Arjen - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2008

This paper uses a large dataset, covering more than 70% of the Dutch housing market, to analyze the relationship between market thinness, price setting behavior and time to sell. Our findings confirm the typical result that overpricing increases the time on market. In addition, we find evidence...

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Understanding Bequest Motives An Empirical Analysis of Intergenerational Transfers

Fink, Günther; Redaelli, Silvia - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2005

This paper analyzes one of the major factors underlying old agents' saving and consumption decisions - the individual intentions to leave bequests. We present two simple model of altruistically motivated bequests and use data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to confront the theoretical...

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Housing and Equity Wealth Effects of Italian Households

Grant, Charles; Peltonen, Tuomas - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2005

The study quantifies stock market and housing market wealth effects on households' non-durable consumption using Italian household panel data (SHIW) of 1989-2002. We found, averaging over all households, both statistically and economically insignificant housing wealth effects. However, we found...

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Portfolio Management by Dutch Households: an Analysis on the Basis of Basis of Survey

End, W.A. van den; Kakes, J.I.; Rooij, M.C.J. van; … - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2002

This report analyses the portfolio behaviour of Dutch households. The study is partly based on information from a broad survey commissioned by the Nederlandsche Bank, held in March of this year. The investigation shows that risk bearing elements are becoming more and more important in households...

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Pensions and public opinion: a survey among dutch households

Els, P.J.A. van; End, W.A. van den; Rooij, M.C.J. van - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2003

This paper reports on the findings of a survey among Dutch households (as part of the DNB Household Survey in 2003) about many aspects (expectations, concerns, attitude and preferences) of their pensions and the old-age-arrangements in the Netherlands. We explore whether the outcomes are related...

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Financial behaviour of Dutch households: analysis of the DNB Household Survey 2003

Els, P.J.A. van; End, W.A. van den; Rooij, M.C.J. van - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2003

This paper presents an analysis of the financial behaviour of Dutch households on the basis of the DNB Household Survey. The results of this survey provide insight into the backgrounds and consequences of the persistent rise of household debt. The increase in mortgage debt is related to mortgage...

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The Stock Market and Consumer Confidence: European Evidence

Jansen, W. Jos; Nahuis, Niek J. - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2002

This paper studies the (short-run) relationship between stock market developments and consumer confidence in eleven European countries over the years 1986-2001. We find that stock returns and changes in sentiment are positively correlated for nine countries, with Germany as the main exception....

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