This paper investigates the co-movements of job security perceptions and household saving rates using data from the … generally accompanied by slightly lower saving which suggests that employment and financial insecurity typically go hand … saving behavior is found. This behavior is of rather small economic importance and limited to households that are somewhat …

light bulbs, light-emitting diodes (LED), or compact fluorescent light bulbs? often referred to as energy-saving light bulbs … a decrease in greenhouse gas emissions. This article discusses possible reasons for the slow market diffusion of energy-saving … reductions. Drawing on some illustrative examples, we demonstrate that the use of cheaper incandescent bulbs instead of energy-saving …

We analyze the effect of household indebtedness on different health outcomes using data from the German Socio … household indebtedness, such as the percentage shares of household income spent on consumer credit and home loan repayments … (which indicate the severity of household indebtedness) and a binary variable of relative overindebtedness (which indicates a …

distribution of risk attitudes in the population can be described by comparing subjects‘ choices with any given preference, which …