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increase in saving - at least in 2009 - did not materialize through an increase in contributions to retirement and savings …
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In this paper, we attempt to shed light on whether Japanese households are rational or if their behavior is influenced by culture and social norms by examining their saving and bequest behavior. To summarize our main findings, we find that Japan's household saving rate showed great volatility,...
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supplementary receipt of the private device significantly increased the wife's savings in couples with a low level of spousal trust … more effective hiding of the wife's savings amounts, facilitated through the private saving device. From a policy …
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This paper examines the role of culture in households' saving decisions. Exploiting the historical language borders within Switzerland, I isolate the effect of households' exposure to certain language groups from economic, institutional, demographic and geographic factors for a homogeneous and...
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This paper analyzes private retirement savings, the amount for German individuals and how these savings are influenced … investigated how the Big-Five and the Locus of Control influence the decision to have private retirement savings, and the estimated … amount of these savings. Results indicate a positive effect for Extraversion and a negative effect for Agreeableness on the …
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This paper analyzes private retirement savings, the amount for German individuals and how these savings are influenced … investigated how the Big-Five and the Locus of Control influence the decision to have private retirement savings, and the estimated … amount of these savings. Results indicate a positive effect for Extraversion and a negative effect for Agreeableness on the …
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relationship between the gender gap in financial literacy and the gender gap in pension savings amongst non-retired adults aged 18 … where the focus is on pension savings and a more structural specification where the focus is on the "pension return" (the … ratio of pension savings to cumulative earnings). Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition analysis suggests that around 8.5 per cent of …
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