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Thrifty wives and lavish husbands? : Bargaining power and financial decisions in Germany

Keese, Matthias - 2011

retirement period, increased female bargaining power could lead to higher savings and wealth accumulation. In contrast, a … weibliche Verhandlungsmacht keinen oder einen negativen Einfluss auf Sparen und Vermögen hat, selbst wenn man die Erwartungen … der Partner über ihre zukünftige Alterssicherung (etwa durch Leistungen der gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung) einbezieht …

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The purpose of remittances : evidence from Germany

Bauer, Thomas K.; Sinning, Mathias G. - 2009

paid to migrants' savings and transfers to family members in the home country. Our findings indicate that migrants who … relevant. -- International migration ; savings ; remittances …

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Job security perceptions and the saving behavior of German households

Klemm, Marcus - 2012

This paper investigates the co-movements of job security perceptions and household saving rates using data from the 1992 to 2010 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel. The empirical analysis reveals that higher job insecurity is generally accompanied by slightly lower saving which suggests...

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Are you well prepared for long-term care? : assessing financial gaps in private German care provision

Keese, Matthias; Meng, Annika; Schnabel, Reinhold - 2010

The development of expenditure for care services is one of the most intensively debated topics in public. However, studies calculating financial provision gaps only focus on the macro-level implications for the compulsory care insurance. In contrast, this paper examines the individuals’...

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An experiment on consumption responses to future prices and interest rates

Luhan, Wolfgang J.; Roos, Michael W.M.; Scharler, Johann - 2011

We design an experiment to investigate the influence of announced future variations in interest rates and prices on consumption decisions. In an experimental implementation of the discounted utility model, the subjects learn the entire paths of inflation and interest rates prior to deciding on a...

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Does a spouse's health shock influence the partner's risk attitudes?

Kokot, Johanna - 2017

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of a spouse's health shock on own risk attitudes. A spouse's health shock (i.e., the occurrence of a severe disease) can influence own expectations about the probability of falling ill. Moreover, an indisposition of the spouse, which may...

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Fixed amount saving and the permanent income hypothesis

Vosen, Simeon - 2012

flexibly adjusting savings to income variations as assumed by the Permanent Income Hypothesis (PIH). Fixed amount saving …

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Locus of control and savings

Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; New, Sonja C. de; Sinning, Mathias - 2013

internen Referenzperson mehr sparen - sowohl in Bezug auf Sparniveaus als auch anteilig an ihren permanenten Einkommen. Während …

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The intra-household division of labor : an empirical analysis of spousal Influences on individual time allocation

Bredtmann, Julia - 2010

Regarding total working hours, including both paid and unpaid labor, hardly any differences between German men and women exist. However, whereas men allocate most of their time to market work, women still do most of the non-market work. Using the German Time Use Surveys 1991/92 and 2001/02, this...

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Spring forward, don't fall back : the effect of daylight saving time on road safety

Bünnings, Christian; Schiele, Valentin - 2018

In this paper, we analyze the effect of light conditions on road accidents and estimate the long run consequences of different time regimes for road safety. Identification is based on variation in light conditions induced by differences in sunrise and sunset times across space and time. We find...

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