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Saving and consumption when children move out : conference paper
Rottke, Simon; Klos, Alexander - 2013
Based on the German Socio-economic Panel (SOEP), we show that household consumption drops and saving rises … significantly within four years after a child moves out of a household. Per capita consumption of parents is approximately leveled … calibrated life-cycle models assuming a smoothing of per capita consumption for parents with children in the household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010341617
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The decline of relational goods in the production of well-being? : presented at the HEIR conference in Venice, Isola di San Servolo, June 11th to 13th 2009
Prinz, Aloys; Bünger, Björn - 2009
In this paper, we attempt to show why the importance of relational goods compared to conventional goods and status goods threatens to decline in contemporary societies. In our point of view, the development of the relative significance of these three types of goods is not a consequence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009356432
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Loss aversion and consumption choice : theory and experimental evidence ; conference paper
Karle, Heiko; Kirchsteiger, Georg; Peitz, Martin - 2013 - Version: May 9, 2013
points. The implications of this model are tested in an experiment in which participants have to make a consumption choice …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010339388
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The impact of market innovations on the evolution of norms : the sustainability case ; conference paper
Müller, Stephan; Wangenheim, Georg von - 2014
That institutions matter is widely accepted among economists and so are social norms as an important category of informal institutions. Social norms matter in many economic situations, but in particular for markets. The economic literature has studied the interrelation between markets and social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010488545
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Dealing with a liquidity trap when government debt matters : optimal time-consistent monetary and fiscal policy ; conference paper
Burgert, Matthias; Schmidt, Sebastian - 2014
How does the need to preserve government debt sustainability affect the optimal monetary and fiscal policy response to a liquidity trap? To provide an answer, we employ a small stochastic New Keynesian model with a zero bound on nominal interest rates and characterize optimal time-consistent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010486054
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Can survey participation alter household saving behavior? : conference paper
Crossley, Thomas F.; Bresser, Jochem de; Delaney, Liam; … - 2014
Much empirical research in economics is based on data from household surveys. Panel surveys are particularly valuable for understanding dynamics and heterogeneity. A possible concern with panel surveys is that survey participation itself may alter subsequent behavior. We provide novel evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010483822
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The impact of extreme weather events on child health : evidence from Mongolia ; conference paper
Groppo, Valeria; Schindler, Kati - 2014 - Draft
This paper investigates the impact of a devastating weather shock on child anthropometrics, using data from Mongolia. We employ a diff-in-diff strategy to identify the effect of an extremely harsh winter in 2010, which caused the death of about 20 percent of the national livestock. Results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010483868
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Konsum und Qualität des Lebens
Biervert, Bernd (ed.) - 1974
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