• The Gender Investment Gap over the Life-Cycle 

      Bacher, Annika (HOFIMAR Working Paper Series;3/2023, Working paper, 2023)
      Single women hold less risky financial portfolios than single men. This paper analyzes the determinants of the “gender investment gap” based on a structural life-cycle framework. The model is able to rationalize the ...
    • Joint Search over the Life Cycle 

      Bacher, Annika; Grübener, Philipp; Nord, Lukas (HOFIMAR Working Paper Series;5, Working paper, 2024-05-09)
      This paper provides novel evidence that the added worker effect – labor force entry upon spousal job loss – is substantially stronger for young than old households. Using a life cycle model of two-member households in a ...