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Spousal control and intra-household decision making: an experimental study in the Philippines
Ashraf, Nava - In: The American economic review 99 (2009) 4, pp. 1245-1277
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003896726
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Savings, investments, debts and psychological well-being in married and cohabiting couples
Kan, Man-Yee; Laurie, Heather - 2010
This paper builds on the existing literature about the distribution of financial resources within the household between … couple members. Using data from the British Household Panel Study (BHPS) we examine the ownership of, and amounts held in … savings, investments and debts by couple members, and how these vary by individual and household characteristics. A particular …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008758928
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Student Loan Supply, Parental Saving & Portfolio Allocation
Jerphanion, Emiel - 2020
I show that an expansion of student loan supply affects parents' saving decisions and portfolio allocation. By exploiting policy-induced variation on expected student aid, I find a 2.2 pp increase in the parental saving rate, from 4.9% to 6.1%. The mechanism that drives this result is the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012846808
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Health and the savings of insured versus uninsured, working-age households in the U.S.
Toussaint-Comeau, Maude; Hartley, Jonathan - 2009
; Portfolio Choice ; Health Conditions ; Risk Hedging ; Household Behavior ; Labor Supply …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003923822
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Is Information Overrated? Evidence from the Pension Domain
Prast, Henriette - 2012
This paper presents empirical evidence from the Netherlands indicating that the current policy based on information is unlikely to help people make the pension choices required in a system in which employees are the ultimate bearers of asset market risk. This holds even if information is made...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096736
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Is Information Overrated? Evidence from the Pension Domain
Prast, Henriette - 2013
This paper presents empirical evidence from the Netherlands indicating that the current policy based on information is unlikely to help people make the pension choices required in a system in which employees are the ultimate bearers of asset market risk. This holds even if information is made...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013088721
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Does Financial Literacy Affect Stock Market Participation?
Kadoya, Yoshihiko - 2017
This study examines whether financial literacy affects stock market participation. We use data from the Preference Parameter Study, a nationwide survey in Japan, made by Osaka University. Our results show that financial literacy significantly improves stock market participation even after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012945251
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Endogenous Savings Rate with Forward-Looking Households in a Recursive Dynamic CGE Model : Application to South Africa
Lemelin, Andre - 2014
and the following one. Household (rational) expectations for period 1 are given by the model solution. For subsequent … periods, household expectations are formed by extrapolating from and 1 solution values, assuming a constant rate of change … original one and a modified one with a high initial household savings rate. The results are compared with those of a static …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013050223
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The subjective inflation expectations of households and firms : measurement, determinants, and implications
Weber, Michael; D'Acunto, Francesco; Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; … - 2022
Households' and firms' subjective inflation expectations play a central role in macroeconomic and intertemporal microeconomic models. We discuss how subjective inflation expectations are measured, the patterns they display, their determinants, and how they shape households' and firms' economic...
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The Saving Behaviour of a Two-Person Household
Browning, Martin - 2001
wives may have more incentive to save for old age than do husbands. A theoretical model of the determination of household … distribution of income within the household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014148674