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of uncertainty measures based on GSOEP data from Eastern (and for comparison purposes also Western) Germany for the years … uncertainty in East Germany in the transition could have contributed significantly to the sharp fall and unusually low level of …Although economic agents routinely face various types of economic uncertainty, their effects are often unclear and hard …
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of uncertainty measures based on GSOEP data from Eastern (and for comparison purposes also Western) Germany for the years … uncertainty in East Germany in the transition could have contributed significantly to the sharp fall and unusually low level of …Although economic agents routinely face various types of economic uncertainty, their effects are often unclear and hard …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822407
of uncertainty measures based on GSOEP data from Eastern (and for comparison purposes also Western) Germany for the years … uncertainty in East Germany in the transition could have contributed significantly to the sharp fall and unusually low level of …Although economic agents routinely face various types of economic uncertainty, their effects are often unclear and hard …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476843
In this paper, we conduct an empirical study of how uncertainty alters fertility behavior. The precautionary motive for … saving predicts that an increase in income uncertainty increases saving by reducing both consumption and fertility. We … examine this prediction using a new measure of economic uncertainty, the World Uncertainty Index and focus on data from 126 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012508583
This paper studies the mechanisms and the extent to which parental wage risk passes through to children's skill development. Through a quantitative dynamic labor supply model in which two parents choose whether to work short or long hours or not work at all, time spent with children, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014457814
This paper studies the mechanisms and the extent to which parental wage risk passes through to children's skill development. Through a quantitative dynamic labor supply model in which two parents choose whether to work short or long hours or not work at all, time spent with children, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014464298
In this paper, we conduct an empirical study of the effect of uncertainty on fertility. The precautionary motive for … saving predicts that an increase in uncertainty increases saving by reducing both consumption and fertility. We use a new … measure of uncertainty, the World Uncertainty Index, and focus on data from 126 countries for the period from 1996 to 2017 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012019326
This paper studies how individuals believe human capital investments will affect their future career and family life. We conducted a survey of high-ability currently enrolled college students and elicited beliefs about how their choice of college major, and whether to complete their degree at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011796435
In this paper, we conduct an empirical study of how uncertainty alters fertility behavior. The precautionary motive for … saving predicts that an increase in income uncertainty increases saving by reducing both consumption and fertility. We … examine this prediction using a new measure of economic uncertainty, the World Uncertainty Index and focus on data from 126 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012582088
This paper studies how individuals believe human capital investments will affect their future career and family life. We conducted a survey of high-ability currently enrolled college students and elicited beliefs about how their choice of college major, and whether to complete their degree at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011536082