consisting of index insurance, savings, and their interaction. We present results from a lab-in-the-field experiment that …

kin and neighbors. Whether income secrecy facilitates savings depends on the type of norm individuals uphold: stricter …

Sparquote zu. Außerdem beeinflußt die Art der sozialen Sicherung die Höhe der Sparquote. Selbständigen-Haushalte sparen einen … Abschluß von Lebensversicherungen treffen. (Nichtbeamtete) Arbeitnehmer dagegen sparen einen Teil ihres Einkommens nicht …In recent years the aggregate savings ratio in Germany has declined. The basic causes are, above all, the rise in …

The paper seeks to add to the existing literature on aggregate and private savings by focusing on transition economies …, aggregate and private savings are driven by almost the same forces – this is the central focus of the paper. The most important …

We find that inflation did not unanimously decrease savings in the US during the postwar period. This result is …

income. The goal of this paper is to test for the effect of mandatory pensions on discretionary household savings. The data … are drawn from the CentER Savings Survey, which consists of a representative and a highest-income-decile sample of Dutch … households. The survey contains rich information on house-hold wealth, pension rights and savings attitudes. A result of the …

-person households (e.g. with a husband and a wife) from the Dutch CentER Savings Survey, we find that wives find saving for old age more …

paid to migrants' savings and transfers to family members in the home country. Our findings indicate that migrants who …

international wage differentials and preferences for origin. We use a model of job search, savings and migration to show that job …

-migrant. Although migrants lose their original social networks whilst overseas, savings and human capital accumulation acquired abroad …