Introduction -- Methods -- Physical health limitations and financial hardship -- Financial stress and satisfaction -- Mental health and sense of control -- Local voting -- Civic engagement -- Social capital -- Collective efficacy and perceived crime -- Homeownership: mechanisms and dependencies...

In light of demographic change and the growing problems of traditional old-age security systems, this book discusses two essential instruments in connection with privately providing for old-age security: (1) savings in private pension schemes and (2) building up equity for home-ownership....

This thesis consists of three essays on dynamic household decisions over the life cycle and the estimation of parameters for the analysis. The topics include the estimation of income processes and progressive tax and transfer schedules in Chapter I, the savings and amortisation behaviour of...