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utility to differ between households with and without offspring. Our estimates imply a very strong utility of residual wealth …-quarters of aggregate wealth at age 85. More surprisingly, we estimate similar utility of residual wealth for households with and … without offspring. We interpret this as, prima facie, evidence that the utility of residual wealth represents forces beyond an …
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financial behavior. We find that private consumption is excessively sensitive to dividend income. Investors across wealth …
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utility to differ between households with and without offspring. Our estimates imply a very strong utility of residual wealth …-quarters of aggregate wealth at age 85. More surprisingly, we estimate similar utility of residual wealth for households with and … without offspring. We interpret this as suggestive evidence that the utility of residual wealth represents forces beyond an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014562957
utility to differ between households with and without offspring. Our estimates imply a very strong utility of residual wealth …-quarters of aggregate wealth at age 85. More surprisingly, we estimate similar utility of residual wealth for households with and … without offspring. We interpret this as, prima facie, evidence that the utility of residual wealth represents forces beyond an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014486954
remain. This is particularly true for the distribution of net wealth which is of special importance for the well-being of … individuals. Wealth provides utility in a number of ways, for instance, by acting as a buffer against negative income shocks …. Using the wealth component of the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), we find that, on average, members of western …
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This paper studies the effects of quantitative easing on income and wealth of individual euro area households. The … which key variables affecting household income and wealth are included, such as the unemployment rate, wages, interest rates … contrast, monetary policy has only negligible effects on wealth inequality. …
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in wealth, attempting to highlight the paths between the various facets of gender inequality. Throughout the review, much …
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This paper investigates the effects of stock market wealth on consumer spending. Traditional macroeconometric models … estimate that a dollar's increase in stock market wealth boosts consumer spending by 3-7 cents per year. With the substantial … 1990s rise in stock prices, the nature and magnitude of this "wealth effect" have been much debated. After describing the …
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conditional share of financial wealth in risky assets of those who actually hold them. The relevance of financial literacy as well … as confidence varies considerably with the distribution of wealth as well as across several socio-economic dimensions …
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From standard portfolio-choice theory it is well-understood that background risk, overwhelmingly due to wage risk, is one of the central determinants of individuals’ portfolio composition: higher background risk reduces risky investments. However, if background risk is negatively correlated...
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