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Haan, Peter; Prowse, Victoria - 2015

We analyze empirically the optimal design of social insurance and assistance programs when families obtain insurance by making labor supply choices for both spouses. For this purpose, we specify a structural life-cycle model of the labor supply and savings decisions of singles and married...

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Optimal social assistance and unemployment insurance in a life-cycle model of family labor supply and savings

Haan, Peter; Prowse, Victoria - 2019

We empirically analyze the optimal mix and optimal generosity of unemployment insurance and social assistance programs. To do so, we specify a structural life-cycle model of the labor supply, savings, and social assistance claiming decisions of singles and married couples. Partial insurance...

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The heterogeneous effects of social assistance and unemployment insurance : evidence from a life-cycle model of family labor supply and savings

Haan, Peter; Prowse, Victoria - 2023

We empirically analyze the heterogeneous welfare effects of unemployment insurance and social assistance. We estimate a structural life-cycle model of singles' and married couples' labor supply and savings decisions. The model includes heterogeneity by age, education, wealth, sex and household...

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Cash in hand and savings decisions

Spantig, Lisa - 2019

Cash is an important means of transaction, generally assumed to be fungible. However, behavioral economics and consumer … research show that 'cash in hand', physically holding on to cash and then handing it away, affects purchasing decisions. I … study how cash in hand influences decisions in a different but very important domain: savings. Savings accounts are a …

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What does the market crash mean for the ability of 401(k) plans to provide retirement income?

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Turning workers into savers? : incentives, liquidity, and choice in 401(k) plan design

Mitchell, Olivia S.; Utkus, Stephen P.; Yang, Tongxuan - In: National tax journal 60 (2007) 3, pp. 469-489

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Health savings accounts : implications for health spending

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Saving and learning : theory and evidence from saving for child’s college

Zhu, Junyi - 2012

This paper analyzes the main uncertainty of college saving - the child’s ability - in the context of the saving with learning model. The first section develops a dynamic model combining asset accumulation and learning to explain the parents’ forward-looking saving behavior when they are...

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The transmission of monetary policy operations through redistributions and durable purchases

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Effects of public policies on the diposition of pre-retirement lump-sum distributions : rational and behavioral influences

Burman, Leonard E.; Coe, Norma B.; Dworsky, Michael; … - In: National tax journal 65 (2012) 4, pp. 863-888

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