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This paper examines the impact of income inequality on consumption-related household indebtedness at the household … level. Using the first wave of the Eurosystem Household Finance and Consumption Survey data, the analysis sheds light on …-related household indebtedness in a small sample of countries. We further employ a multilevel regression model to also take country …
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We use household-level data from the Household Budgetary Survey to study the saving patterns of Maltese households. We … education. We then estimate a Logit model of the probability of saving on a set of household characteristics. Our results … precautionary and bequest motives as predicted by theory. Other household characteristics, such as house tenure, marital status and …
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of the Maltese Household Finance and Consumption Survey, we perform a logistic regression to investigate how financial …
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Closely following the seminal contribution of Jappelli and Pistaferri (2014) - based on Italian household survey data … across countries, household-characteristics, and major items of the households' balance sheets such as cash-on-hand, liquid …
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I study the labor market risks associated with being self-employed. I document that the self-employed are subject to larger earnings fluctuations than employees and that they frequently transition into unemployment. Given the self-employed are not eligible to unemployment insurance, I analyze...
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abortion. However, it seems relevant to evaluate its indirect effects on female bargaining power within the household, for all … abortion legalization in the United States on women's position in the household. My findings suggest that the legalization …
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This contribution starts out by noting a conflict of interest between consumers and insurers. Consumers face positive correlation in their assets (health, wealth, wisdom, i.e. skills), causing them to demand a great deal of insurance coverage. Insurers on the other hand eschew positively...
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