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We study the impact of monetary conditions on the supply of mortgage credit by banks to households. Using comprehensive credit register data from Hungary, we first establish a "bank-lending-to-households" channel by showing that monetary conditions affect the supply of mortgage credit in volume....
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Whole-household migration potentially can alter the results of studies on income inequality based on panel data if it … selects on household income. We model whole-household migration and its impacts on income inequality and poverty using a … unique, nationally representative household panel data set from rural Mexico. Households that participate in whole-household …
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We present a new partial equilibrium theory of price adjustment, based on consumer loss aversion. In line with prospect theory, the consumers' perceived utility losses from price increases are weighted more heavily than the perceived utility gains from price decreases of equal magnitude. Price...
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using insights from the way a single representative household would behave. Heterogeneity at the micro level can jeopardize …-level heterogeneity is household size, as individuals living in multi-member households have the potential to share goods within the … household, benefiting from household-size economies. Theoretically, we show that validating the role of a representative …
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households migrate, no information about them remains in their source country. Since estimation is typically based on source … using individual and household data from widely cited, recent studies. Potential bias from invisible sample selection can be … large, but transparent assumptions regarding behaviors of household members and selectivity of migrants allow identification …
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behavior from a large household survey. We find overall positive correlation between items and low explanatory power in terms …
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The relationship between nutrient intake and wealth of poor households continues to be an issue of huge policy relevance. In this paper, we contribute to the ongoing debate on the nutrient-income elasticity using a sample of ultra-poor households with orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in...
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from domestic carbon taxes and international transfers to different household types and how different assumptions on … focusses on how these transmission channels affect welfare of nine different household types. -- Computable General Equilibrium …
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We use a large household panel for Japan (Keio Household Panel Survey) to estimate household-size economies in energy … consumption. The household-size economies we obtain are significant and sizable: the per-capita energy-related spending of a two …-adult household is only about two-thirds of the expenditure of a one-adult household. We use the estimates of household-size economies …
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This paper analyzes the state and impact of financial literacy in a so far largely neglected group: the middle class in emerging economies. This group is of increasing importance for implementing structural change, including the proper use of sophisticated financial products. We survey middle...
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