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Behavioral Aspects of Household Portfolio Choice : Effects of Loss Aversion on Life Insurance Uptake and Savings
Hwang, In Do - 2017
This paper investigates how loss-aversion affects individuals' decisions on savings and insurance purchase …. Specifically, this paper empirically tests if prospect theory's loss aversion decreases insurance demand and increases savings …-life insurance, which serves as a partial savings instrument. These individuals also hold a higher level of wealth than others …
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Financial literacy, stock market participation, and financial well-being in Germany
Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Janssen, Bennet; Knebel, Caroline; … - 2023
We examine financial literacy in Germany and its relevance for financial well-being. Using data from the Panel on Household Finances collected in 2021, we show that about 62% of German households answer the Big Three financial literacy questions correctly. Those with lower education, who are out...
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Why do Europeans save? : micro-evidence from the household finance and consumption survey
Horioka, Charles; Ventura, Luigi - 2024
In this paper, we analyze the saving motives of European households using micro-data from the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS), which is conducted by the European Central Bank. We find that the rank ordering of saving motives differs greatly depending on what criterion is used to...
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Housing in the Household Portfolio and Implications for Retirement Saving: Some Initial Finding from SOFIE
Scobie, Grant; Le, Trinh; Gibson, John - 2007
Housing is an important sector of the economy. It has widespread implications for investment, banking, saving and employment. Home ownership has been linked to building social capital and a sense of community. Furthermore housing equity is a significant element of retirement accumulation for...
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Reverse mortgage participation in the United States : evidence from a national study
Chatterjee, Swarn - In: International Journal of Financial Studies : open … 4 (2016) 1, pp. 1-10
This paper uses the most recent wave of a nationally representative dataset to examine the factors associated with elderly homeowners' decision to obtain reverse mortgage loans. The findings of this study suggest that very few homeowners participated in the reverse mortgage market, and...
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Intra-household allocation of non-mandatory retirement savings : update : updated version of discussion paper no.60
Metzger, Christoph - 2017
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 …
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Household portfolios and financial preparedness for retirement
Crawford, Rowena; O'Dea, Cormac - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 11 (2020) 2, pp. 637-670
to evaluate the adequacy of retirement savings. We find first that the specification of the model's asset structure …
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Risk Tolerance and Goals-Based Savings Behavior of Households : The Role of Financial Literacy
Chatterjee, Swarn - 2017
-based savings behavior of households. The results indicate that three out of five households do not have any emergency funds set … financial literacy and risk tolerance are associated with goals-based savings behavior, such as saving for emergencies, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012962957
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Financial Literacy and Saving for Retirement among Kenyan Households
Schützeichel, Teresa - 2019
In this paper I examine financial literacy and saving for retirement in Kenya using the household survey of 2016 from FinAccess Kenya. I use probit regressions to determine the effect financial literacy has on individuals saving regularly as well as saving for retirement. My findings show that...
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Who is saving privately for retirement and how much? : new evidence for Germany
Metzger, Christoph - 2015
decades. Voluntary savings for retirement will therefore gain more and more relevance in order to maintain one’s standard of … living during retirement. This article examines the savings behavior for retirement on an individual level in Germany. As a …
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