household member is at risk of losing his/her job, the partner is 30% more likely to enter the labour market (extensive margin …-studied phenomenon. However, people might already adjust their labour supply when their partner is at risk of losing his/her job. Using …, while the high-educated wait for this risk to materialise. …

not work at all, time spent with children, and child-related expenditures, we find that income risk impacts skill … childhood is hard-as available evidence suggests-uninsurable income risk can negatively impact the labor market prospects of …This paper studies the mechanisms and the extent to which parental wage risk passes through to children's skill …

not work at all, time spent with children, and child-related expenditures, we find that income risk impacts skill … childhood is hard-as available evidence suggests-uninsurable income risk can negatively impact the labor market prospects of …This paper studies the mechanisms and the extent to which parental wage risk passes through to children's skill …

Equivalence scales are routinely applied to adjust the income of households of different size and composition. Because … this paper, we employ German household expenditure data to estimate exact equivalence scales using several parametric … estimate are close to the modified OECD scale. Calculating the Gini coefficient, we find that the at-risk-of-poverty rate and …

From 2009 to 2011, the Thai government implemented an income guarantee program for rice, tapioca and maize farmers … impact of the program on risk attitudes and investment behavior of small-scale rice farmers in relatively poor North … the program significantly makes farmers less risk-averse, induces higher investments and boosts incomes. Medium …

measure income risk as the observed variation of household income over a five year period. We find that indeed higher income … theory suggests that with increasing labor income risk, the reluctance of households to hold stocks increases. We propose to … risk reduces the propensity to invest in stocks. However, when controlling for household heterogeneity as well as …

What is the nature of labor income risk facing households? We answer this question using detailed administrative data …. Second, households face roughly half the countercyclical increase in risk that males face. Third, spousal labor income … ameliorates household earnings risk through both extensive and intensive margins …