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consistent with adverse selection during the pandemic, while we do find advantageous selection. Moreover, life insurance … policyholders were more likely to get vaccinated, thus taking ex-post preventive action reducing their pandemic risk. Such positive …
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We conduct a survey-based experiment with 2,776 students at a non-profit university to analyze income insurance demand … in education financing. We offered students a hypothetical choice: either a federal loan with income-driven repayment or … ISA uptake by 43%. We observe that students are responsive to changes in contract terms and possible student loan …
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Genetic factors play a major role in the development of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). Observable genetic factors could impact household planning and medical care if they contain actionable information, meaning that they i) are associated with significant harms, ii) reflect...
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For many Americans the question of when to claim Social Security benefits is one of the most consequential financial decisions they will ever face. While acknowledging that individuals differ in terms of optimal timing for starting Social Security benefits, many economists argue that an average...
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Digital technologies and fintech firms have rapidly reshaped the consumer financial landscape in recent years, and have the potential to help consumers make better decisions and improve their financial health. Existing technologies such as autopay are also experiencing increased takeup, a trend...
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What model features and calibration strategies yield a large average marginal propensity to consume (MPC) in heterogeneous agent models? Through a systematic investigation of models with different preferences, dimensions of ex-ante heterogeneity, income processes and asset structure, we show...
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A recent literature argues that persistent heterogeneity in wealth returns ("type dependence") as well as a positive association with wealth levels ("scale dependence") play an important role for explaining features of the wealth distribution, especially its extreme concentration at the top. In...
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Business cycle models often abstract from persistent household heterogeneity, despite its potentially significant implications for macroeconomic fluctuations and policy. We show empirically that the likelihood of being persistently financially constrained decreases with cognitive skills and...
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Matched transaction-level, credit-registry, and survey-based data reveal that consumers on average form excessively high (low) income expectations relative to ex-post realizations after unexpected positive (negative) income shocks. These extrapolative income expectations lead consumers to...
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arrival, consistent with i) pandemic constraints on spending, ii) other pandemic programs and social insurance, and iii) the … broader disbursement of the EIPs compared to the economic losses during the early stages of the pandemic. While these EIPs did … not fill an urgent economic need for most households, the first round of EIPs did provide timely pandemic insurance to …
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