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Uncertainty, inequality and consumption preferences in urban China
Zhou, Jingkui - In: Economic modelling 31 (2013), pp. 308-322
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009729091
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Consumption over the Life Cycle: Facts for France
BOISSINOT, J. - Département des Études Économiques d'Ensemble (D3E), … - 2007
expenditure patterns for consumer durables. We find significant humps over the life cycle for total, nondurable, and durable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008539996
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Housing choices and labor income risk
Jansson, Thomas - 2013
I show that individuals whose unemployment risk tends to increase more when local home prices fall optimally invest less in owner-occupied housing. Using a unique, Swedish register-based database, I find that a one standard deviation increase in the covariance between individually estimated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010203021
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Income Risk and Mortgage Choice Among Japanese Households
Naoi, Michio - 2017
This paper empirically examines the relationship between income risk and mortgage instrument choice among Japanese households. Since theoretical predictions about the impact of income risks on mortgage choice are mixed, it is important to investigate empirically whether or not risky households...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974641
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Housing Choices and Labor Income Risk
Jansson, Thomas - 2015
I show that individuals whose unemployment risk tends to increase more when local home prices fall optimally invest less in owner-occupied housing. Using a unique, Swedish register-based database, I find that a one standard deviation increase in the covariance between individually estimated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013034825
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Housing Markets and Automobile Policy
Lu, Xueying - 2018
To alleviate air pollution and traffic congestion, cities around the world are beginning to implement automobile policies to restrict car use or car ownership. However, there is little empirical evidence on possible indirect impacts of these policies in connected markets. This paper investigates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012906924
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Household consumption, household indebtedness, and inequality in Turkey: A microeconometric analysis
Albayrak, Özlem - 2020
This paper examines whether relative income and income inequality within reference groups affect household consumption … consumption levels in Turkey are affected by the household's relative position and inequality in the reference group between 2005 … relative income indicator after controlling for absolute income, and positively related to the income inequality of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012610182
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Moving Policies Toward Racial and Ethnic Equality: The Case of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso; Jales, Hugo B.; Liu, Judith; … - 2023
inequality across racial and ethnic groups in food expenditures and in the resources needed to meet basic food needs (the "food …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014001743
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On the emissions-inequality trade-off in energy taxation: Evidence on the German car fuel tax
Nikodinoska, Dragana; Schröder, Carsten - 2015
By using estimates from an Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS), we investigate how the German energy tax on car fuels changes the private households-CO2 emissions, living standards, and post-tax income distribution. Our results show that the tax implies a trade-off between the aim to reduce...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010481535
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Inequality in emissions: Evidence from Indonesian households
Irfany, Mohammad Iqbal - 2015
Although the literature on emission inequality is abundant, this study will differentiate itself by focusing on … measures on emission inequality based on household characteristics as well as decompose it into sources of emission. Employing … emission inequality tends to decline until the middle quintiles but then further increases in expenditure level and worsens …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011282626