This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of household debt dynamics in Malta between 2010 and 2020. Drawing on … the Household Finance and Consumption Survey, it argues that a process of financialisation of the household is underway on … more households partake in mortgage finance in their entry to homeownership, and (ii) financial intensity, in which …

country, the paper finds that a possible explanation is that household savings account for a majority of domestic savings, and … household savings in Mexico have a clear age-increasing trend and have been growing across generations during the past 30 years … systematically higher domestic savings than other countries in the region. Using the wealth of relevant databases available for the …

financial characterization of informal workers in Chile. The paper uses the Financial Household Survey conducted by the Central …

This paper evaluates the impact of the introduction of savings groups on poverty, vulnerability, and financial …, we investigate the impact of savings groups after more than two years of exposure. We find t hat savings groups channel … savings groups increases female labor market participation and, in poorer areas, it fosters greater specialization in …