Essays about: "household savings"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 69 essays containing the words household savings.

  1. 11. Bridging the Gap between Formal and Informal Finance

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Heidi Uitto; [2020]
    Keywords : financial inclusion; propensity to save; informal finance; development; gender; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Financial inclusion, defined as access and usage of formal financial services, has several positive micro and macro-level socio-economic implications. Due to decades of vigorous policies aiming at lowering barriers to formal finance, 80 percent of Indians now own a bank account. However, there is a significant gap between account take up and usage. READ MORE

  3. 12. Determinants of household savings : An international cross-country analysis to detect the determinants of household savings

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Handelshögskolan (from 2013)

    Author : Cajsa Fredriksson; [2020]
    Keywords : Determinants of household savings; household savings; cross-country; social security; participation rate; old-age dependency rate; panel data; OECD;

    Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to look into the determinants of household savings in an international cross-section. The focus is on the effects from social security, old-age dependency, participation rate and change in unemployment, among other variables as an addition to the disequilibrium saving hypotheses, which is the base theory for the savings function. READ MORE

  4. 13. You Are What You Search : Can Google Search Queries Accurately Measure Investor Sentiment?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Farzad Ashouri Mehranjani; [2020]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This paper aims at investigating the relationship between volumes of Google searches for finance related words and stock market movements in Sweden. The method follows Preis et al. (2013) who show that a superior investment strategy can be developed by incorporating search volumes data in the decision making process. READ MORE

  5. 14. Techno-economic analysis of PV and energy storage systems for Swedish households

    University essay from KTH/Kraft- och värmeteknologi

    Author : Alia Amber Ahmed; [2020]
    Keywords : PV systems; Energy storage; STandUP;

    Abstract : As more countries progress towards renewable energy, intermittency in the power system is causing an unreliable power supply. Flexibility solutions from prosumers, which both consume and produce electricity, is one solution to provide stability to the power system. READ MORE

  6. 15. Impact of Microcredit Program on Women's Empowerment in Rural Bangladesh

    University essay from Karlstads universitet

    Author : Gias Uddin Ahmed Choudhury; [2020]
    Keywords : Microcredit; Women Empowerment; Ordinary Least Squares; Probit Model; Instrumental Variable Regression.;

    Abstract : Background – This study is an attempt to explore the relationship between microcredit and the socio-economic empowerment of women in rural Bangladesh. Microcredit is simply the extension of a small amount of collateral-free institutional loans to jointly liable poor group members to generate employment and income enhancing activities. READ MORE