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uninsured capital income risk, and suffer from an information-processing capacity constraint. For given attention devoted to … capital income risk, we solve for the optimal consumption-saving choices and show that the expected welfare is increasing with … capacity, assuming a relative risk aversion degree larger than unity. Furthermore, we solve for attention choice and find that …
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of savings, precautionary savings, loss aversion, and risk. We provide the relevant theory, followed by empirical tests …We consider a simple, two period, consumption-savings model with future income uncertainty that examines the interplay … present bias. We predict, and show empirically, that loss aversion reduces savings, and that those who are more loss averse …
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unexplored. We draw on both longitudinal and pseudo-panel data from Russia to explore how labor market hardships relate to … insecurity, experiences with wage arrears, and spells of unemployment all increase the attractiveness of work in the public …
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sufficiently large unemployment benefit for musicians. We notice that the first step, while highly desirable, is unlikely to be …
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We reassess the scarring" hypothesis by Clark et al. (2001), which states that unemployment experienced in the past … from past unemployment operates via worsened expectations of becoming unemployed in the future, and that it is future … insecurity that makes people unhappy. Hence, the terminology should be altered by one letter: past unemployment scars" because it …
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burden whereas for DIY activities, the level of unemployment is the main factor. …
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Whole life insurance plays an important role in household saving. However, empirical evidence on its determinants is scarce. This paper studies two natural experiments to identify the effects of tax incentives and bequest motives on life-insurance demand. An unanticipated tax reform in 2000...
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We find that inflation did not unanimously decrease savings in the US during the postwar period. This result is …
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We study risk attitudes, ambiguity attitudes, and time preferences of 661 children and adolescents, aged ten to … mass index, are less likely to save money and show worse conduct at school. Experimental measures for risk and ambiguity …
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We propose a theory of indebted demand, capturing the idea that large debt burdens by households and governments lower aggregate demand, and thus natural interest rates. At the core of the theory is the simple yet under-appreciated observation that borrowers and savers differ in their marginal...
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