This thesis explores the impact of two behavioural finance concepts, social psychology and psychology, on household financial decisions. Under social psychology, I investigate whether the variety and intensity of social engagement enhances stock market participation. With regard to psychology, I examine two behavioural biases. First, I investigate whether mental accounting influences portfolio choice in […]
The economic crisis affecting Cyprus is likely to have considerable impact on the income distribution. Our analysis provides an early assessment of the short-run distributional effects of austerity measures. We distinguish between fiscal measures that affect wages, taxes and contribution rates and measures that directly affect the function of the welfare system. Using the […]
[…] mode designs are increasingly important in surveys and large longitudinal studies are progressively moving to or considering such a design. In this context our knowledge regarding the impact of mixing modes on data quality indicators in longitu- dinal studies is sparse. This study tries to ameliorate this situation by taking advantage of a quasi-experimental […]
The severe economic crisis affecting Greece since 2009 is having an unprecedented impact in terms of job and income losses, and is widely perceived to have a comparably significant effect in terms of greater inequality and increased poverty. We provide an assessment of whether (and to what extent) the latter is the case. More […]
[…] are likely to dictate what people can and cannot do in terms of pro-environmental behaviour, despite their pro-environmental attitudes and concerns. Such constraints may have a larger impact on some household members than others. Using ‘Understanding Society’, a large multipurpose household survey for the UK, we analyse which individual and household characteristics have an […]
This collection focuses on employer engagement in education, how it is delivered and the differentiated impact it has on young people in their progression through schooling and higher education into the labour market. The focus is not narrowly on vocational or technical education or work-related learning, but on how employer engagement (eg, work experience, […]
[…] employability and reduced life expectancy, it does not (in the form of a poverty line at 60% of the median equivalised household income) appear to have an impact on wellbeing when the threshold was tested. Instead, multidimensional poverty – that purported by the Capabilities Approach – is a more individually relevant measure of poverty. […]
[…] individuals receive financial compensation for longer commutes. Chapter 3 considers commuting and social capital, specifically in the presence of congestion charging. Using unique data, we analyse the impact that the Western Extension Zone (WEZ) had on an individual’s stock of social capital. Following Putnam (2000), we proxy social capital by the frequency of visiting […]