Precaution and Risk Aversion: Decomposing the Effect of Unemployment Benefits on Saving
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Keywords
Saving; wealth; unemployment benefit; unemployment; consumption smoothing;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
- J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
- J65 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-IAS-2013-09-13 (Insurance Economics)
- NEP-UPT-2013-09-13 (Utility Models and Prospect Theory)
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