People often disregard the need for individual savings for old-age although a decreasing rate of birth and an … like banks and insurance companies which support their savings plans. We apply the behavioral life-cycle hypothesis to … have a large impact on oldage savings behavior. Our results differ across intermediary groups. They have important policy …

challenges regional savings-investment cycles and thus regional independency. Second, mergers, branch closures and the …. Decentralised banks, which are predominantly regional savings banks and cooperative banks in Germany, nearly account for most … techniques for retail banking, like bank-ICT and rating systems. The detailed comparison of a savings bank with a big bank …

Remittances from Germany are substantial. Cross-border transfers to family and friendship networks outside Germany are … and gender-specific determinants of remittances from the senders' perspective, based on data from the German Socio …

Weltweit erreichen Überweisungen von Migranten in ihr Heimatland (Remittances) ein Ausmaß, das die offizielle … bedeutendsten Herkunftsländer. Aus der Sicht der Empfängerländer spielen Remittances häufig eine große gesamtwirtschaftliche Rolle … Höhe der Remittances von persönlichen Merkmalen abhängt - z. B. vom Alter, der Ausbildung, dem Familienstand oder dem …

Gender-specific determinants of remittances are the subject of this study based on German SOEP data (2001-2006). In …-specific determinants of remittances from Germany. Here we attempt to fill this gap, focusing on gender roles and network effects. We … and friends. This finding is in sharp contrast to previous studies on remittances. It makes clear that there is little …

I investigated whether migration is interrelated with trade, aid and remittances so that any policies that consider … trade, aid and remittances also affect the decision to migrate. We developed and estimated an empirical model of Turkish … exports with Germany to total exports with Germany and remittances as a ratio of Turkish GDP. The results of this study show …

We investigate in this paper whether the stable pattern of remittances over the last three decades can be explained by … remittances from Germany over the period 1962-2005. A single cointegrating relationship is found between the remittances of … remittances from Germany are altruistically motivated. In addition, we find that the coefficient on the stock of Turkish migrants …

Remittances from Germany are substantial. Cross-border transfers to family and friendship networks outside Germany are … and gender-specific determinants of remittances from the senders' perspective, based on data from the German Socio …. -- Remittances ; gender ; foreigners ; naturalized migrants …