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Title:Essays in macroeconomics : investment choices, labor market outcomes, and family structure Author(s):BACHER, Annika EUI affiliated

Date:2022Citation: Florence : European University Institute, 2022 Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This thesis is composed of three independent essays in heterogeneous agent macroeconomics. They all explore how family structure affects investment choices and labor market outcomes of individuals. The first chapter, Housing ...

Title:Essays on household decision Author(s):GUSTAFSSON, MariaDate:2014Citation: Florence : European University Institute, 2014 Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract: on the second. We investigate the importance of intra-household risk-sharing through labor supply by testing the following prediction: A higher correlation of income shocks within the household implies a lower ability to ...

Title:Essays on public and private insurance of income shocks Author(s):TORSTENSEN, Kjersti NæssDate:2014Citation: Florence : European University Institute, 2014 Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This thesis explores issues related to public and private insurance of income shocks, and the importance of human capital accumulation. The first chapter argues that the intertemporal elasticity of substitution of labor ...

Title:Intrahousehold Insurance and its Implications for Macroeconomic Outcomes Author(s):SIASSI, NawidDate:2011Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:. The third chapter explores how intrahousehold insurance interacts with the design of unemployment benefit programs. My findings indicate that fiscal policy can take very distinct effects depending on whether intra-household ...

Title:How important is intra-household risk sharing for savings and labor supply? Author(s):ORTIGUEIRA, Salvador; SIASSI, NawidDate:2010Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2010/36Abstract: model, we find that precautionary savings are only 55% of those generated by a similar economy that lacks access to insurance from the family. We also find that intra-household risk sharing has its largest impact among ...

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