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The role of MPC heterogeneity for fiscal and monetary policy in the Euro Area
Albacete, Nicolas; Fessler, Pirmin; Pekanov, Atanas - 2024
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014486919
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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
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 household decision-making – the intra-household differences in perceptions …. The estimated effects are consistent with the predictions of a model of intra-household decision-making. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012801992
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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
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 household decision-making — the intra-household differences in perceptions … perceptions. The estimated effects are consistent with the predictions of a model of intra-household decision-making. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014371964
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A comparison of saving rates : micro evidence from seventeen Latin American and Caribbean countries
Gandelman, Néstor - 2015
Using micro data on expenditure and income for 17 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries, this paper presents stylized facts on saving behavior by age, education, income and place of residence. Counterfactual saving rates are computed by imposing the saving behavior, the population...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011316663
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Do the rich save more in Latin America?
Gandelman, Néstor - 2015
-stage procedure in which the household's lifetime income is instrumented with the education level of the household head and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011290956
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MPCs in an economic crisis : spending, saving and private transfers
Crossley, Thomas F.; Fisher, Paul; Levell, Peter; Low, … - 2021
MPCs were directly elicited from a representative sample of UK adults in July 2020 using receipt of a hypothetical unanticipated, one-time income payment. Reported MPCs are modest, around 11% on average. They are higher, but still modest, for individuals in households with high current needs....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012612848
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MPCs through COVID : spending, saving and private transfers
Crossley, Thomas F.; Fisher, Paul; Levell, Peter; Low, … - 2020
MPCs were directly elicited from a representative sample of UK adults in July 2020. Reported MPCs are low, around 11% on average. They are higher, but still modest, for individuals in households with high current needs. These low MPCs may be a consequence of the prevailing economic uncertainty....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012304942
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Saving and wealth inequality
De Nardi, Mariacristina; Fella, Giulio - 2017
evaluate the consequences of policy reform. This paper surveys the savings mechanisms generated by the transmission of bequests … medical-expense risk are crucial determinants of savings and wealth inequality and that we need to look at more data to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011671879
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MPCs through COVID : spending, saving and private transfers
Crossley, Thomas F.; Fisher, Paul; Levell, Peter; Low, … - 2021
MPCs were directly elicited from a representative sample of UK adults in July 2020 using receipt of a hypothetical unanticipated, one-time income payment. Reported MPCs are low, around 11% on average. They are higher, but still modest, for individuals in households with high current needs. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012427912
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014540622