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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"savings behavior"”.
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Income, consumption, and savings behavior in the Côte d'Ivoire
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1987.
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Asset Limits, Savings Behavior, and Welfare: Evidence from the SIPP and a Life-Cycle Model
… welfare programs shape household saving behavior. I exploit cross-state variation in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) asset limits by linking these limits to individual-level data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) and estimating ordinary least …
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Three Essays in Development Economics: Savings Behavior and Risk; Health and Public Investments; and Sequential Technology Adoption
This dissertation explores household risk and savings behavior in Zimbabwe, and agricultural technology adoption, and the impact of public investments on the economy and community health in Ethiopia. The first paper analyzes changes in per capita consumption and savings behavior in Zimbabwe before …
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Essays on the political economy of state government saving and the role of budget stabilization funds
This dissertation explores the saving behavior of state governments in the context of the ability of states to weather recessionary periods. The first chapter of the dissertation discusses the role of savings as a policy option for state decision-makers in light of the fiscal constraints facing …
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Savings and shock-coping behavior in South Africa's metropolitan townships
In this paper we study savings behavior in South African Metropolitan Townships and households' ability to manage "shocks" ex-post to their occurrence. In particular we want to determine if the availability of instruments like mobile-money solutions, that allow households to save anywhere , …
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UNDERSTANDING STATE SAVINGS: THREE ESSAYS ON STATE RAINY DAY FUNDS
… and withdrawal rules on where lawmakers place savings. The findings reveal that when states have strict rule configurations that limit legislative discretion, lawmakers avoid placing savings in the formal rainy day funds and opt for informal savings that allow for easier access. The final …
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Essays in Life Cycle Economies
… one of the stylized facts in the literature on savings. Among the oldest reported facts about savings behavior in cross section data, is that the fraction of income saved by households is increasing in household income. Furthermore, the differences in saving rates can be of considerable …
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The Impact Of Corporations Excess Saving Behavior And Macroeconomic Policies On Poverty Incidence: Empirical Analysis Of Indonesia, Philippines And Thailand
… policies but most importantly affect the behavior of economic agents and have challenged traditional economic assumptions and fundamentals. The first chapter analyzes the issue of a savings glut that arose due to the claim that corporations hoard cash after the 1997 Asian Crisis. The …
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Uncertainty and the effects of a pay-as-you-go social security program on economic growth
… context of uncertainty. Individual consumption-savings and portfolio decisions are integrated into stochastic growth models to find how a social security program alters intermediate and long-run equilibrium factor payments. Two forms of uncertainty are used, namely, production uncertainty and …
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Essays on taxation: positive and normative aspects
… tax incentives, is able to encourage household savings. This essay analyzes the impact of the 1990 Education Savings Bond Program. This policy created an additional tax incentive for owners of existing government savings bonds, by allowing interest earnings to be exempt from income taxes in …
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Three Essays on Behavioral Economics
… within country on the joint association between behavioral heterogeneity and multi-dimensional subjective well-being in a common institutional setting. Chapter 3 considers that a short-term workplace intervention can induce meaningful improvements in retirement savings behavior. To address this …