administrative credit panel data, we show that the payment pause led to a sharp drop in student loan payments and delinquencies for … borrowers subject to the debt moratorium, as well as an increase in credit scores. We find a large stimulus effect, as borrowers … to increase borrowing on credit cards, mortgages, and auto loans rather than avoid delinquencies. The effects are …

across states shows that the rise in top income shares can explain almost all of the accumulation of household debt held as a … financial asset by the household sector. Since the Great Recession, the saving glut of the rich has been financing government …

We study how furlough affects household financial distress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Furlough increases the …

We have investigated the influence of fiscal instruments, notably taxes on income and government spending, on household … consumption in two different samples and two measures of household debt to provide a comprehensive analysis of the topic. We used … government spending or reduced taxes, in the presence of high indebtedness, actually discourage household consumption compared to …

This paper investigates the impact of public employment on household saving rates in China using representative … household-level data. After controlling for a series of variables such as income, risk attitude, financial literacy, and … to a better understanding of Chinese household saving rates, which is of great importance given their extremely high …

tap into negative deposits. The credit line acts as a form of insurance. These results are not fully consistent with …