Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/101815 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 8302
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We explore asset holding diversification by Australian households, in particular, the household asset diversification participation decision (whether or not to diversify at all) is jointly estimated with the decision of how much to diversify. In so doing, recent literature on the modelling of proportions is combined with the growing body of research concerning household financial decision making. Our findings are consistent with the participation of households operating in diverse financial markets being constrained by ineffective information conduits, influencing the decision of whether or not to diversify. We further find that short term concerns over job security or health are associated with less participation in, as well as a lower extent of, asset holding diversification.
Subjects: 
job insecurity
asset allocation
asset diversification
household finance
employment
Zero-Inflated Beta
JEL: 
J3
J7
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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