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Saving Behavior and Earnings Uncertainty: Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey

Guariglia, Alessandra (2001) Saving Behavior and Earnings Uncertainty: Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey. Journal of Population Economics, 14 (4). pp. 619-634. ISSN 0933-1433. (doi:10.1007/s001480100081) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:9495)

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Abstract

For the first time, this paper uses a panel data set, the British Household Panel Survey, to analyse saving behaviour in Britain. One objective is to test the precautionary saving hypothesis, according to which households save to self-insure against uncertainty. Our results show that in accordance with this hypothesis, various measures of uncertainty based on earnings variability have a statistically significant effect on households' saving decisions. Moreover, in accordance with the life cycle model, households save more if they expect their financial situation to deteriorate.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1007/s001480100081
Uncontrolled keywords: Precautionary saving, uncertainty, earnings variability
Subjects: H Social Sciences
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Economics
Depositing User: G.F. Green
Date Deposited: 09 Dec 2008 18:33 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:48 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/9495 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Guariglia, Alessandra.

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