On the negative relationship between labor income uncertainty and homeownership: risk aversion vs. credit constraints
In: Department of Economics, Finance & Accounting working paper series 146
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In: Department of Economics, Finance & Accounting working paper series 146
In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 2318
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We investigate the socio-economic determinants of mortgage delinquency in 12 EU countries and observe that income volatility significantly increases the mortgage delinquency risk. This pattern even holds for borrowers with higher-income profiles if volatility in income is high enough. From this result we can draw the following conclusions: i) mortgage protection insurance policies might be failing to cover those borrowers most in need; ii) the existence of credit market imperfections, and; iii) the inability for a number of borrowers most at income risk to accumulate precautionary savings in order to meet mortgage payments when shocks in income arise.
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In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 13918
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In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 4693
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In: Foundations and Trends® in Microeconomics Ser. v.39
Schooling as a Risky Investment focuses exclusively on the risk that is associated with investing in education. The monograph surveys the modest literature, identifies and explains the weakest aspects of knowledge in the field, and reflects on policy issues.
In: Discussion paper series 641
In: CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4768
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Using panel data for non-OECD countries covering the period 1970-2012, this paper analyzes the impact of the duration of primary education on school enrollment, drop-outs and completion rates. The empirical results show that for children in elementary school one additional grade of primary education has a negative impact on enrollment rate, while the effect on drop-outs is positive. Analogously, we also observed that an additional grade in primary education reduces the enrollment rate in secondary education. These results are in line with the fertility model approach; that is, in developing and underdeveloped countries parents do not have incentive to send children to school given the high perceived present economic value of children.
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This paper looks at the contribution of political leaders to enhance citizens' education and investigate how the educational attainment of the population is affected while a leader with higher education remains in office. For this purpose, we consider educational transitions of political leaders in office and find that the educational attainment of population increases when a more educated leader remains in office. Furthermore, we also observe that the educational attainment of the population is negatively impacted when a country transitions from an educated leader to a less educated one. This result may help to explain the previous finding that more educated political leaders favor economic growth.
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In: Journal of development economics, Band 89, Heft 1, S. 77-83
ISSN: 0304-3878
In: Journal of development economics, Band 89, Heft 1, S. 77-83
ISSN: 0304-3878
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It has traditionally been argued that the development of telecommunications infrastructure is dependent on the quality of countries' political institutions. We estimate the effect of political institutions on the diffusion of three telecommunications services and find it to be much smaller in cellular telephony than in the others. By evaluating the importance of institutions for technologies rather than for industries, we reveal important growth opportunities for developing countries and offer policy implications for alleviating differences between countries in international telecommunications development.
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In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 2569
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In: XREAP No. 2006-10
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