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household consumption. However, the magnitude of the consumption decline is only 20% of the earnings drop. The result suggests …
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poverty measures to include a temporal dimension. Using panel data from rural India, we show how conventional poverty measures …
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Using rich register data from Denmark, we study whether people save enough to maintain their pre-retirement level of consumption during retirement. We find that 77% of retirees do. This high fraction is driven by mandatory labour market contributions. The 23% of individuals who do not save...
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framework illustrating the numerous channels of the transmission mechanism of surprise inflation to household welfare guides our …
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Using representative household surveys conducted in Thailand and Vietnam during the COVID-19 pandemic, we find that the …
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Closely following the seminal contribution of Jappelli and Pistaferri (2014) - based on Italian household survey data … across countries, household-characteristics, and major items of the households' balance sheets such as cash-on-hand, liquid …
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We study the redistributive effects of surprise inflation combining administrative bank data with an information provision experiment during an episode of historic inflation. On average, households are well-informed about prevailing inflation and are concerned about its impact on their wealth;...
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This paper analyzes the distribution of household portfolios in Türkiye using a fresh data set, the Central Bank of the … Republic of Türkiye - Household Finance and Consumption Survey. The empirical analysis concentrates on the motives behind … household saving preferences and the distribution of household portfolios. Moreover, the financial situation of households in …
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We study the redistributive effects of inflation combining administrative bank data with an information provision experiment during an episode of historic inflation. On average, households are well-informed about prevailing inflation and are concerned about its impact on their wealth; yet, while...
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This paper studies the direct impact of households' debt on consumption over the business cycle. We use household …
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