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The effect of social comparison on debt taking : experimental evidence
Grohmann, Antonia; Koch, Melanie - 2019
A number of studies show that there is a link between social comparison and high levels of household debt. However, the exact mechanisms behind this link are not yet well understood. In this paper, we perform a lab experiment designed to study the eff ects of social image concerns and peer...
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Household saving behavior and credit constraints in the Euro area
Le Blanc, Julia; Porpiglia, Alessandro; Teppa, Federica; … - 2014
We study the role of household saving behaviour, of individual motives for saving and that of perceived liquidity constraints in 15 Euro Area countries. The empirical analysis is based on the Household Finance and Consumption Survey, a new harmonized data set collecting detailed information on...
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The effect of saving subsidies on household saving : evidence from Germany
Corneo, Giacomo; Keese, Matthias; Schröder, Carsten - 2010
Since 2002 the German government seeks to stimulate private retirement savings by means of special allowances and tax exemptions - the so-called Riester scheme. We apply matching and panel regression techniques to assess the impact of the Riester scheme on households' propensities to save in a...
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Household bargaining, pension contributions and retirement expectations : evidence from the German Panel on Household Finances
Fernandes, Inês; Schmidt, Tobias - 2021
In this paper, we study the relationship between intrahousehold bargaining styles, bar-gaining power and individual pension contributions and expected standard of living in retirement, using microdata from the German Panel on Household Finances (PHF) survey. The paper builds on a theoretical...
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Mental accounting and the marginal propensity to consume
Bernard, René - 2023
, whereas it does not vary with the source of income. Using causal machine learning methods to explore treatment heterogeneity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014320569
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Active learning improves financial education : experimental evidence
Kaiser, Tim; Menkhoff, Lukas - 2018
-scale retailers in Uganda. The treatments contrast "active learning" with "traditional lecturing" within standardized lesson-plans. We … find that active learning has a positive and economically meaningful impact on savings and investment outcomes, in contrast …. Tentative evidence suggests that only active learning stimulates several cognitive and non-cognitive mechanisms; moreover, a …
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Intergenerational transfers and wealth in the Euro-area : the relevance of inheritances and gifts in absolute and relative terms
Tiefensee, Anita; Westermeier, Christian - 2016
Private wealth is a crucial factor for the economic well-being of households. Key determinants of private wealth include intergenerational wealth transfers (gifts and inheritances), which are gaining importance since 1990, as research suggests. We conduct a detailed investigation of the...
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The standard portfolio choice problem in Germany
Breunig, Christoph; Huck, Steffen; Schmidt, Tobias; … - 2019
We study an investment experiment with a representative sample of German households. Respondents invest in a safe asset and a risky asset whose return is tied to the German stock market. Experimental investments correlate with beliefs about stock market returns and exhibit desirable external...
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Linking savings behavior, confidence and individual feedback : a field experiment in Ethiopia
Avdeenko, Alexandra; Bohne, Albrecht; Frölich, Markus - 2019
In this paper we investigate behavioral constraints to savings among smallholder farmers in rural Ethiopia. Increasing savings by overcoming such behavioral constraints has been documented to have positive effects on various outcomes such as health, education, and agricultural investments. We...
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Don't expect too much - high income expectations and over-indebtedness
Klühs, Theres; Koch, Melanie; Stein, Wiebke - 2019
Household indebtedness is rising worldwide. This study investigates one possible driver of this increase that is rooted in the theory of permanent income: high income expectations. We collect data from an emerging country, Thailand, as (over-) indebtedness in markets with incomplete financial...
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