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Much of the literature on the effect of housing wealth on consumption has been embedded in a simple life-cycle model in … which housing price changes work as a "wealth effect". In such models, windfall gains in housing always lead to positive … changes in consumption. However, this might be a fallacy of composition. Such models ignore that changes in housing wealth …
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Much of the literature on the effect of housing wealth on consumption has been embedded in a simple life-cycle model in … which housing price changes work as a "wealth effect". In such models, windfall gains in housing always lead to positive … changes in consumption. However, this might constitute a fallacy of composition. Such models ignore that changes in housing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337472
In 2000 Italy replaced its traditional system of severance pay for public employees with a new system. Under the old regime, severance pay was proportional to the final salary before retirement; under the new regime it is proportional to lifetime earnings. This reform entails substantial losses...
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In 2000 Italy replaced its traditional system of severance pay for public employees with a new system. Under the old regime, severance pay was proportional to the final salary before retirement; under the new regime it is proportional to lifetime earnings. This reform entails substantial losses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013009588
Housing property is the most important position in a household's wealth portfolio. Even though there is strong evidence … interpret this as evidence of a housing wealth effect. …
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their global exposure to risk. Recent developments examine the role of housing on stockholding as another background risk …. This paper analyses the empirical link between stockholding and housing wealth within this framework. We use the French … find that an increase in the housing to net wealth ratio crowds out stock market investment for a given total financial …
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This paper analyzes the existence of 'wealth effects' derived from net equity (in the form of housing, financial assets …-2017. Overall, wealth effects are found to be relatively large and significant for housing wealth, but less so for other types of …
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This paper constructs a quantitative lifecycle model with uninsurable labor income and aggregate housing return risk to … assess how Korean households make saving and portfolio allocation decisions. The model incorporates the special roles housing … housing value. The model adds to existing models of wealth accumulation some unique institutional features present in Korea …
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This paper produces new evidence and stylised facts on housing, wealth accumulation and wealth distribution, relying on … questions: i) How is homeownership and housing tenure distributed across the population along various socio …-economic characteristics such as income, wealth and age? What is the weight of housing in households’ balance sheets and how does this vary …
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Using a model where households can save in either a safe asset or in an illiquid, tax-advantaged pension, we assess the extent to which those who recently reached the state pension age in the UK have saved optimally for retirement. The policy environment specified closely matches that prevailing...
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