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Households' characteristics and the modes of remittances in Bangladesh
Chowdhury, Mehdi - 2014
The modes of remittances of households in Bangladesh have been categorised as 'No Remit- tances', 'Internal Remittances … and the households' basic characteristics. The study reveals that household level variables like rural-urban locations …, age and sex of the households heads, religion, ratio of male, adult and young members etc. are potentially significant in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418930
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The influence of housing price developments on household consumption: Empirical analysis for the Czech Republic
Dvořáková, Sylvie; Seidler, Jakub - 2012
This paper studies how the change of wealth of households represented by housing prices and stock market prices … influences households' consumption. We provide empirical analysis based on the Czech aggregate data from 1998-2009. We analyse … the effect of change in households' wealth on the consumption of both durable and non-durable goods employing the VAR and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322317
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The world distribution of household wealth
Davies, James B.; Sandström, Susanna; Shorrocks, Anthony; … - 2008
There has been much recent research on the world distribution of income, but also growing recognition of the importance of other contributions to well-being, including those of household wealth. Wealth is important in providing security and opportunity, particularly in poorer countries that lack...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323528
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Seasonal migration and early childhood development
Macours, Karen; Vakis, Renos - 2008
This paper provides unique evidence of the positive consequences of seasonal migration for investments in early childhood development. We analyse migration in a poor shockprone border region in rural Nicaragua where it offers one of the main household income diversification and risk coping...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331071
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Individual pro-environmental behaviour in the household context
Longhi, Simonetta - 2013
This paper exploits a new large data source on environmental behaviours and attitudes of people living in the UK to analyse to what extent the household context affects pro- environmental behaviours at the individual and household levels. The results suggest that singles and people living in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331228
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Are Japanese households financially healthy, and if so, why? A Group of Seven (G7) comparison
Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2012
In this paper, I conduct an international comparison of the financial health of households using data on household … greater financial health of Japanese households is due more to culture or to government policies, institutions, and other non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332271
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Recent trends in consumption in Japan and the other Group of Seven (G7) countries
Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2012
In this paper, we present data on recent trends in private consumption and in possible determinants of private consumption (such as GDP, household incomes, household saving rates, household wealth, and employment conditions) in the Group of Seven (G7) countries and find that there has been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332369
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Do borrowing constraints matter? An analysis of why the permanent income hypothesis does not apply in Japan
Kohara, Miki; Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2006
We use micro data on young married households from the Japanese Panel Survey of Consumers in order to analyze the … importance of borrowing constraints in Japan. We find (1) that 8 to 15 percent of young married Japanese households are borrowing … and for the subsample of unconstrained households. These results suggest that the life cycle/permanent income hypothesis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332375
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The dissaving of the aged revisited: The case of Japan
Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2006
In this paper, I survey the previous literature on the saving behavior of the aged in Japan and then present some survey data on the saving behavior of the aged in Japan that became available recently. To summarize the main findings of this paper, all previous studies as well as the newly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332389
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The (dis)saving behavior of the aged in Japan
Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2009
In this paper, I survey the previous literature on the saving behavior of the aged in Japan and then present some survey data on the saving behavior of the aged in Japan that became available recently. To summarize the main findings of this paper, virtually all previous studies as well as the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332495