This paper extends the idea of using ex-ante risk measures in a model of precautionary savings by explicitly simulating … specific effects. I find evidence for precautionary savings in response to the uncertainty measures. The results are robust and …

This paper extends the idea of using ex-ante risk measures in a model of precautionary savings by explicitly simulating … specific effects. I find evidence for precautionary savings in response to the uncertainty measures. The results are robust and …

This paper analyses the savings behaviour of natives and immigrants in Germany. It is argued that uncertainty about … savings. Using the German Socio-economic Panel data it is shown that, although immigrants have lower levels of savings and are … less likely to have regular savings than natives, the gap is significantly narrowed once we take loan repayments and …