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Non-take-up of tax-favored savings plans : are household portfolios optimal?

Alessie, Rob; Hochgürtel, Stefan; Soest, Arthur van - 2001

Since the early nineties, the Dutch tax system allows for a tax-favored form of risk free savings through employer …-sponsored savings plans (ESSPs). Under some conditions and up to a certain amount, the contributions to this planare tax-deductible, and … suggests that those who have access to this type of savings should participate inthem, provided they have some financial wealth …

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Theoretical foundations of buffer stock saving

Carroll, Chris - 2011

"Buffer-stock" models of saving are now standard in the consumption literature. This paper builds theoretical foundations for rigorous understanding of the main features of such models, including the existence of a target wealth ratio and the proposition that aggregate consumption growth equals...

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A structural labour supply model with nonparametric preferences

Soest, Arthur van; Das, Marcel; Gong, Xiaodong - 2000

Nonparametric techniques are usually seen as a statistic device for data description and exploration, and not as a tool for estimating models with a richer economic structure, which are often required for policy analysis. This paper presents an example where nonparametric flexibility can be...

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Non-take-up of tax-favored savings plans : evidence from Dutch employees

Alessie, Rob; Hochgürtel, Stefan; Soest, Arthur van - In: Journal of economic psychology : research in economic … 27 (2006) 4, pp. 483-501

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Subjective inheritance expectations and economic outcomes

Basiglio, Stefania; Rossi, Mariacristina; Soest, Arthur van - In: Review of income and wealth 69 (2023) 4, pp. 1088-1113

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Home production and retirement in couples : a panel data analysis

Bonsang, Eric; Soest, Arthur van - 2015

We analyse the effects of retirement of one partner on home production by both partners in a couple. Using longitudinal data from Germany on couples, we control for fixed household specific effects to address the concern that retirement decisions are correlated with unobserved characteristics...

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