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Linking savings behavior, confidence and individual feedback : a field experiment in Ethiopia
Avdeenko, Alexandra; Bohne, Albrecht; Frölich, Markus - 2019
In this paper we investigate behavioral constraints to savings among smallholder farmers in rural Ethiopia. Increasing … savings by overcoming such behavioral constraints has been documented to have positive effects on various outcomes such as … health, education, and agricultural investments. We causally identify a strong increase in savings to a soft commitment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012126111
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Don't expect too much - high income expectations and over-indebtedness
Klühs, Theres; Koch, Melanie; Stein, Wiebke - 2019
Household indebtedness is rising worldwide. This study investigates one possible driver of this increase that is rooted in the theory of permanent income: high income expectations. We collect data from an emerging country, Thailand, as (over-) indebtedness in markets with incomplete financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012126240
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Natural resources, export concentration and financial development
Hattendorff, Christian - 2014
Recent studies indicate that the natural resource curse, that is, the negative link between resource abundance and growth, may operate through a country’s financial system. Scholars show that resource-abundant economies suffer from lower financial development, which may indirectly affect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010433904
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Natural resources, demand for external finance and financial development
Hattendorff, Christian - 2014
The paper contributes to the ongoing debate on the natural resource curse, which postulates a negative link between natural resource abundance and economic growth. It shows empirically that resource-rich countries appear to have a less developed financial system and investigates a potential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010433905
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Do natural resource sectors rely less on external finance than manufacturing sectors?
Hattendorff, Christian - 2012
The finding that industrial sectors differ in their dependence on external finance for sector-specific technological reasons and, thus, rely to a different degree on financial development has become a major concept in studies conducted on both growth and trade. Although natural resources might...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580846
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Breaking the silence : group discussions, and the adoption of welfare-improving technologies
Castro, Silvia; Mang, Clarissa - 2023
Social pressure and stigma can hinder the adoption of available technologies, especially in the context of sensitive health issues. We run a field experiment on the take-up of menstrual products in Bangladesh and test a discussion-based intervention in a work setting. We vary participation in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014477355
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Leisure and housing consumption after retirement : new evidence on the life-cycle hypothesis
Schreiber, Sven; Beblo, Miriam - 2016
We revisit the alleged retirement consumption puzzle. According to the life-cycle theory, foreseeable income reductions such as those around retirement should not affect consumption. However, we first recall that given higher leisure endowments after retirement, the theory does predict a fall of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455042
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Saving and learning : theory and evidence from saving for child’s college
Zhu, Junyi - 2012
This paper analyzes the main uncertainty of college saving - the child’s ability - in the context of the saving with learning model. The first section develops a dynamic model combining asset accumulation and learning to explain the parents’ forward-looking saving behavior when they are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009625571
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Household saving behavior and credit constraints in the Euro area
Le Blanc, Julia; Porpiglia, Alessandro; Teppa, Federica; … - 2014
We study the role of household saving behaviour, of individual motives for saving and that of perceived liquidity constraints in 15 Euro Area countries. The empirical analysis is based on the Household Finance and Consumption Survey, a new harmonized data set collecting detailed information on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010388544
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Households' financial resilience, risk perceptions, and financial literacy : evidence from a survey experiment
Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Fessler, Pirmin; Silgoner, Maria … - 2023 - This version: 21 December 2023
We examine the financial resilience of Austrian households, relating it to their experience of financial shocks earlier in life and to their financial literacy. We find that previous negative (positive) financial shocks are negatively (positively) related to financial resilience. Financial...
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