Showing 1 - 10 of 198
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 distribution of wealth transfers in eight Euro-area countries. First, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440820
The Panel on Household Finances (PHF) is a new panel survey on household finances and wealth in Germany conducted by …. -- Survey data ; household panel ; family economics ; household finance ; wealth distribution ; portfolio choice …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009563509
In this empirical paper we analyze the link between homeownership across cohorts and the net wealth distribution. In … particular we are interested in the effect of the pattern of ownership across cohorts. Given that wealth accumulates over the … cohorts, should be related to current wealth levels and inequality. In order to gauge the effect of the ownership structure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011285421
Wealth in addition to income determines to a large degree an individual’s consumption opportunities and economic … satisfaction as an indicator of subjective well being and households’ wealth. We contribute to the scarce literature on wealth and … well-being using micro-data from the German wealth survey, Panel on Household Finances - PHF, for 2010 and 2014. Using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013171766
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012697947
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012139578
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003952553
harmonized data set collecting detailed information on wealth holdings, consumption and income at the household level. Since the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010388544
This paper studies how and why consumers respond to unexpected, transitory income shocks. In a randomized control trial, I elicit marginal propensities to consume (MPC) out of different hypothetical income shock scenarios, varying the payment mode, the shock size, and the source of income. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014320569
one from voluntary participation. Regressions of the participation decision suggest that a high level of household wealth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011281656