financial characterization of informal workers in Chile. The paper uses the Financial Household Survey conducted by the Central … Bank of Chile in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, which covers between 1,740 and 2,533 urban households, performing both OLS and … workers, but may also have positive consequences on the aggregate saving rate. In addition, for Chile, it is evident that …

Traditionally, households have been seen as acting as a single unit when it comes to savings. Although this might be … correct for some parts of household savings, we question the correctness of the unitary model with respect to non …-mandatory retirement savings. Therefore we analyze the intra-household allocation of retirement savings between partners in Germany taking …

to evaluate the adequacy of retirement savings. We find first that the specification of the model's asset structure …

for and control over the accumulation and use of savings for retirement. …

-cycle framework how individuals respond to recessions. Our focus is on the sharp increase in savings rates that have been observed in … times. We show that the rise in the aggregate savings ratio is driven by increases in uncertainty, rather than tightening of …