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Hintermaier, Thomas; Koeniger, Winfried - 2015

We show that the size of collateralized household debt determines an economy's vulnerability to crises of confidence …

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Borowczyk-Martins, Daniel; Lalé, Etienne - 2016

We use a set of empirical and analytical tools to conduct parallel analyses of involuntary part-time work and unemployment in the U.S. labor market. In the empirical analysis, we document that the similar cyclical behavior of involuntary part-time work and unemployment masks major differences in...

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The Long-Term Effects of Labor Market Entry in a Recession: Evidence from the Asian Financial Crisis

Choi, Eleanor J.; Choi, Jaewoo; Son, Hyelim - 2020

effect by examining their labor market activities, family formation, and household finances. Using data from 20 waves of the …

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Short-Time Work and Precautionary Savings

Dengler, Thomas; Gehrke, Britta - 2021

In the Covid-19 crisis, most OECD countries use short-time work schemes (subsidized working time reductions) to preserve employment relationships. This paper studies whether short-time work can save jobs through stabilizing aggregate demand in recessions. We build a New Keynesian model with...

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Global climate change and the resurgence of tropical disease: An economic approach

Gollin, Douglas; Zimmermann, Christian - 2010

We study the impact of global climate change on the prevalence of tropical diseases using a heterogeneous agent dynamic general equilibrium model. In our framework, households can take actions (e.g., purchasing bednets or other goods) that provide partial protection from disease. However, these...

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Why are saving rates so high in China?

Yang, Dennis Tao; Zhang, Junsen; Zhou, Shaojie - 2011

-2008. Using data from the Flow of Funds Accounts (FFA) and Urban Household Surveys (UHS) supplemented by the findings from … household sectors. Although the causes of China's high saving are complex, we suggest that the evolving economic, demographic …

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Population policies, demographic structural changes, and the Chinese household saving puzzle

Ge, Suqin; Yang, Dennis Tao; Zhang, Junsen - 2012

Using combined data from population censuses and Urban Household Surveys, we study the effects of demographic … structural changes on the rise in household saving in China. Variations in fines across provinces on unauthorized births under … investigated in the context of household saving decisions in China. …

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Marriage and other risky assets: a portfolio approach

Bertocchi, Graziella; Brunetti, Marianna; Torricelli, … - 2009

Italy Survey of Household Income and Wealth. …

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Is it money or brains? The determinants of intra-family decision power

Bertocchi, Graziella; Brunetti, Marianna; Torricelli, … - 2012

using a suitable direct measure provided in the 1989-2010 Bank of Italy Survey of Household Income and Wealth. Focusing on a …We empirically study the determinants of intra-household decision power with respect to economic and financial choices … sample of couples, we evaluate the effect of each spouse's characteristics, household characteristics, and background …

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Macroeconomic Conditions and Health in Britain: Aggregation, Dynamics and Local Area Heterogeneity

Janke, Katharina; Lee, Kevin; Propper, Carol; Shields, … - 2020

We estimate a model that allows for dynamic and interdependent responses of morbidity in different local areas to economic conditions at the local and national level, with statistical selection of optimal local area. We apply this approach to quarterly British data on chronic health conditions...

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