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Sexual orientation and household savings : do homosexual couples save more?

Negrusa, Brighita; Oreffice, Sonia - 2010

We analyze how sexual orientation is related to household savings using 2000 US Census data, and find that gay and … their married counterparts. In a household savings model, we interpret this homosexual-specific differential as due to the … than married ones. Evidence from homeowners' ratio of mortgage payments to house value exhibits the same pattern of savings …

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The firing cost implications of alternative severance pay designs

Parsons, Donald O. - 2010

) severance insurance plans or (ii) severance savings plans is important; savings plans have no "firing cost" effects on employer … worker for benefits. Plans that pay benefits across all separations are functionally severance savings plans. The variety of …

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Estimating the impact of immigrants on the host country social security system when return migration is an endogenous choice

Kirdar, Murat G. - 2010

In this paper, I estimate the fiscal impact of immigrants on the German pension insurance (PI) and unemployment insurance (UI) systems when return migration is an endogenous choice. For this purpose, I develop a dynamic stochastic model of joint return migration and saving decisions that...

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Source country characteristics and immigrants’ migration duration and saving decisions

Kirdar, Murat G. - 2010

This paper examines how immigrants' migration duration and saving decisions in the host country respond to the purchasing power parity (ppp) and the wage ratio between the host and source countries. It is shown that in theory immigrants may stay longer in the host country as a result of an...

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Does Culture Matter?

Fernández, Raquel - 2010

This paper reviews the literature on culture and economics, focusing primarily on the epidemiological approach. The epidemiological approach studies the variation in outcomes across different immigrant groups residing in the same country. Immigrants presumably differ in their cultures but share...

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Why are saving rates of urban households in China rising?

Chamon, Marcos (contributor); Prasad, Eswar S. (contributor) - 2007

profile of savings has an unusual U-shaped pattern, with saving rates being the highest among the youngest and oldest … savings ; age and cohort profiles of savings ; borrowing constraints ; precautionary savings ; financial development …

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Pension plan characteristics and framing effects in employee savings behavior

Card, David E. (contributor); Ransom, Michael R. (contributor) - 2007

In this paper we document the importance of framing effects in the retirement savings decisions of college professors … contribution. Employees can also make tax-deferred contributions to a supplemental savings account. A standard lifecycle savings … model predicts a "dollar-for-dollar" tradeoff between supplemental savings and the combined regular pension contributions …

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A pragmatic approach to capital account liberalization

Prasad, Eswar S. (contributor); … - 2008

developing countries and emerging markets. This suggests that the lack of domestic savings is not the primary constraint on …

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Private wealth and job exit at older age : a random effects model/ Hans G. Bloemen

Bloemen, Hans G. (contributor) - 2008

Private wealth holdings are likely to become an increasingly important determinant in the job exit decision of elderly workers. Net wealth may correlate with worker's characteristics that also determine the exit out of a job. It is therefore important to include a rich set of observed...

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How viable are unemployment insurance savings accounts : simulation results for Slovenia

Vodopivec, Milan (contributor) - 2008

By simulating the working of the unemployment insurance savings accounts (UISAs) in Slovenia using a methodology …. -- Unemployment insurance ; unemployment insurance savings accounts …

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