INNOVATION AND LIBERALIZATION ON HOME EQUITY WITHDRAWAL ( HEW) AND SAVING -- IV. TRENDS IN HEWAND HOUSEHOLD SAVING ACROSS … COUNTRIES -- V. HOW DOES HEW AFFECT HOUSEHOLD SAVING? -- VI. ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS -- VII. RECENT EXPERIENCE OF HEW IN AUSTRALIA …

Intro -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. Household Data on Wealth and Consumption -- III. Capital Markets in Europe … and Household Portfolios -- IV. The Life-Cycle Model of Consumption -- V. The Basic Model -- VI. Empirical Results -- VII …

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. WHO SAVES IN IRELAND? -- III. ARE HOUSEHOLD SAVINGS AFFECTED BY CAPITAL …

Intro -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. Habit Formation in Household Portfolios -- III. The Model: Multiperiod …

From 1995 to 2005, the average urban household saving rate in China rose by 7 percentage points, to ¼ of disposable … income. We use household-level data to explain the postponing of consumption despite rapid income growth. Tracing cohorts …

This paper studies the effects of household income on labor participation and school enrollment of children aged 10 to … 14 in Brazil using a social security reform as a source of exogenous variation in household income. Estimates imply that … the gap between actual and full school enrollment was reduced by 20 percent for girls living in the same household as an …

Economic volatility remains a fact of life in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA). Household-level shocks create large consumption … vulnerability to shocks across household types (e.g. by education, ethnic group, and economic activity) and we quantify the impact … mechanisms, including financial access and transfers. Country characteristics crucially determine which household-level shocks …

individuals are still credit constrained. This paper analyzes the determinants of household credit demand and credit constraints … in BiH. To our knowledge, it is the first study on this topic employing household survey data (2001 and 2004) from …

This paper studies the effects of household income on labor participation and school enrollment of children aged 10 to … 14 in Brazil using a social security reform as a source of exogenous variation in household income. Estimates imply that … the gap between actual and full school enrollment was reduced by 20 percent for girls living in the same household as an …