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Motivated saving : the impact of projections on retirement contributions

Smyrnis, George; Bateman, Hazel; Dobrescu, Loretti Isabella - 2021

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The heterogeneous effects of social assistance and unemployment insurance : evidence from a life-cycle model of family labor supply and savings

Haan, Peter; Prowse, Victoria - 2023

structural life-cycle model of singles' and married couples' labor supply and savings decisions. The model includes heterogeneity …

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Overconfidence and gun preferences : how behavioral biases affect your safety

Cafferata, Fernando G.; Domínguez, Patricio; … - 2023

Overconfidence leads to risky behavior, including when people are around guns. Does overconfidence also shape attitudes about gun ownership and use? We evaluate this possibility by conducting nationally representative surveys in six countries in the Americas, including the United States. Results...

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To invest or not to invest in sanitation : the role of intra-household gender differences in perceptions and bargaining power

Augsburg, Britta; Malde, Bansi; Olorenshaw, Harriet; … - 2021

We exploit novel data collected within a randomised controlled trial of a sanitation microcredit intervention to study how intra-household gender diﬀerences in perceptions of costs and beneﬁts of sanitation impact investment decisions. We show that – as long as the wife is involved in...

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Household responses to trade shocks

Irastorza-Fadrique, Aitor; Levell, Peter; Parey, Matthias - 2024

We study the impact of Chinese import competition in the 2000s on workers and their households in England and Wales. We document both the direct employment changes of individuals affected by trade exposure, as well as the employment response of individuals whose partner is exposed to trade. We...

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To invest or not to invest in sanitation : the role of intra-household gender differences in perceptions and bargaining power

Augsburg, Britta; Malde, Bansi; Olorenshaw, Harriet; … - 2023

We exploit novel data collected within a randomized controlled trial of a sanitation microcredit intervention to study how intra-household gender differences in perceptions of costs and benefits of sanitation impact investment decisions. We show that — as long as the wife is involved in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014371964

Specialization in the bargaining family

Hyee, Raphaela; Robledo, Julio R. - 2009

We develop a two period family decision making model in which spouses bargain over their contributions to a family public good and the distribution of private consumption. In contrast to most models in the literature, specialization within the couple emerges endogenously from the production of...

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The impact of subsidy delivery method on savings behavior : experimental evidence

Banerjee, Abhijit V.; Martínez Alvear, Claudia; … - 2023

bank accounts instead of cash. We investigate the effects on savings behavior and downstream outcomes such as assets and … trust. We find, on average, no significant impact on overall savings or downstream outcomes. However, among individuals with … nonpositive balances prior to the offering, we observe an increase in balances in savings accounts and in the transactional …

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Do religious beliefs explain preferences for income redistribution? : experimental evidence

Neustadt, Ilja - 2010

Due to the mixed empirical evidence bearing on the economic determinants, beliefs have been at the center of attention of research into preferences for income redistribution. We elicit preferences for income redistribution through a Discrete Choice Experiment performed in 2008 in Switzerland and...

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Is the welfare state sustainable? : experimental evidence on citizens' preferences for redistribution

Neustadt, Ilja; Zweifel, Peter - 2010

The sustainability of the welfare state ultimately depends on citizens’ preferences for income redistribution. They are elicited through a Discrete Choice Experiment performed in 2008 in Switzerland. Attributes are redistribution as GDP share, its uses (the unemployed, old-age pensioners,...

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