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Making use of home equity : the potential of housing wealth to enhance retirement security
Bravo, Jorge Miguel Ventura; Ayuso, Mercedes; Holzmann, … - 2019
The demographic change underway, declining adequacy levels from traditional pay-as-you-go old-age social security systems, structural reforms in pension schemes and the reduction in the traditional family support have increased the need for additional private savings to cover the old age income...
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Determinants of immigrant homeownership : examining their changing role during the Great Recession and beyond
Mundra, Kusum; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2013
homeownership rates declined during this period, though some immigrants were less severely affected compared to natives. In this … crisis and increasing the probability of their homeownership. Specifically we examine to what extent birthplace networks …, savings, length of stay in the U.S., and citizenship status affect the probability of homeownership before the recession and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009763229
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Childhood circumstances and health inequality in old age: comparative evidence from China and the United States
Chen, Xi; Yan, Binjian; Gill, Thomas M. - 2020
evaluates the importance of major domains of childhood circumstances to health inequalities in the USA and China. We link two … Life History Mail Survey (LHMS) in the USA, to quantify health inequality due to childhood circumstances for which they …-16 percent and 14-30 percent of health inequality in old age in China and the USA, respectively. Specifically, the contribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012248987
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House price volatility and the housing ladder
Banks, James; Blundell, Richard W.; Oldfield, Zoe͏̈; … - 2010
This paper investigates the effects of housing price risk on housing choices over the lifecycle. Housing price risk can be substantial but, unlike other risky assets which people can avoid, the fact that most people will eventually own their home creates an insurance demand for housing assets...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009006946
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Housing mobility and downsizing at older ages in Britain and the United States
Banks, James; Blundell, Richard W.; Oldfield, Zoe͏̈; … - 2010
This paper investigates the effects of housing price risk on housing choices over the lifecycle. Housing price risk can be substantial but, unlike other risky assets which people can avoid, the fact that most people will eventually own their home creates an insurance demand for housing assets...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009006985
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Housing search frictions : evidence from detailed search data and a field experiment
Bergman, Peter; Chan, Eric; Kapor, Adam - 2020
This paper shows that imperfect information about school quality causes low-income families to live in neighborhoods with lower-performing, more segregated schools. We randomized the addition of school quality information onto a nationwide website of housing listings for families with housing...
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The effects of Medicaid expansion on job loss induced mental distress during the COVID-19 pandemic in the US
Mukhopadhyay, Sankar - 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic led to an unprecedented level of job losses in the U.S., where a job loss is also associated with the loss of health insurance. This paper uses data from the 2020 Household Pulse Survey (HPS) and difference-in-difference (DD) regressions to estimate the effect of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013169970
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The effects of an unconditional cash transfer on mental health in the United States
Pignatti, Clemente; Parolin, Zachary - 2023
Mental health conditions have worsened in many countries in recent decades. The provision of unconditional cash transfers may be one effective policy strategy for improving mental health, but causal evidence on their efficacy is rare in high-income countries. This study investigates the mental...
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Long COVID in the United States
Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex - 2023
Although yet to be clearly identified as a clinical condition, there is immense concern at the health and wellbeing consequences of long COVID. Using data collected from nearly half a million Americans in the period June 2022-December 2022 in the US Census Bureau's Household Pulse Survey (HPS),...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014228934
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Does retirement affect voluntary work provision? : evidence from England, Ireland and the U.S.
Eibich, Peter; Lorenti, Angelo; Mosca, Irene - 2020
Due to the COVID-19 crisis and the related "social distancing" measures, working from home (WfH) has suddenly become a crucial lever of economic activity. This paper combines survey and administrative data to compute measures for the feasibility of working from home among German employees....
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