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The response of consumption in Russian households to economic shocks
Stillman, Steven - 2001
changes in household savings are negatively related to exogenous income shocks, with this relationship strongest for low … wealth households. Only models of consumption which include precautionary savings motives can explain why poorer households … both reduce their consumption and increase their savings in response to an exogenous decline in income. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011405709
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Remittances, banking status and the usage of insurance schemes
Crayen, Dorothee; Hainz, Christa; Ströh de Martínez, … - 2010
Empirical evidence that migrants send home more remittances after disasters raises the question of whether remittances can be used to self-insure, substituting for both formal and informal insurance. We investigate this question using a unique data set on the usage patterns of financial services...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003983213
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Through which channels can remittances spur economic growth in MENA countries?
Mim, Sami Ben; Ali, Mohamed Sami Ben - 2012
This paper studies the remittances' effect on economic growth. Using panel data techniques, the authors estimate several specifications to provide support of such relationship for MENA countries over the period 19802009. The findings provide new robust evidence on how remittances are used in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009579802
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Through which channels can remittances spur economic growth in MENA countries?
Mim, Sami Ben; Ali, Mohamed Sami Ben - 2012
This paper studies the remittances' effect on economic growth. Using panel data techniques, the authors estimate several specifications to provide support of such relationship for MENA countries over the period 1980-2009. The findings provide new robust evidence on how remittances are used in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009424668
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Enrolment in micro life and health insurance : evidences from Sri Lanka
Bendig, Mirko; Arun, Thankom - 2011
Microinsurance is an emerging concept protecting households from the potentially catastrophic expenditures associated with family related shocks. Therefore, this paper presents evidence on the determinants of insurance participation using probit models on household survey data from Sri Lanka,...
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The Contribution of Rapid Financial Development to Asymmetric Growth of Manufacturing Industries : Common Claims vs. Evidence for Poland
von Furstenberg, George M. - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012991351
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The Contribution of Rapid Financial Development to Asymmetric Growth of Manufacturing Industries : Common Claims vs. Evidence for Poland
von Furstenberg, George M. - 2005
CEE countries such as Poland started to experience a very high rate of financial development within a few years after emerging from socialism. A review of the literature suggests that this asymmetric development should have been most beneficial for those industry sectors most dependent on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014069909
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Remittances, Banking Status and the Usage of Insurance Schemes
Crayen, Dorothee - 2013
Empirical evidence that migrants send home more remittances after disasters raises the question of whether remittances can be used to self-insure, substituting for both formal and informal insurance. We investigate this question using a unique data set on the usage patterns of financial services...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013094542
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Is Life Insurance a Panacea in the Finance-Growth Nexus? : Evidences from 17 European Countries
Hou, Han - 2021
This study constructs a simple model demonstrate that life insurance and banking development simultaneously affect economic growth. We thereby provide empirical evidence on the model’s critical prediction. By analyzing a panel data for 17 advanced European countries from 1980 to 2015, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013235718
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Consumption growth in a booming economy : Taiwan 1976-1996
McKenzie, David J. - 2001
in an environment where a large majority of households have high savings rates. Household survey data from 1976-96 are …
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