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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2016
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
EPRU Working Paper Series No. 2016-01
Verlag: 
University of Copenhagen, Economic Policy Research Unit (EPRU), Copenhagen
Zusammenfassung: 
Do people end up in financial trouble simply because of adverse shocks to income and wealth, or is financial trouble related to persistent differences in financial attitudes and behavior that may be transmitted from generation to generation? We address this question using a new administrative data set with longitudinal information about defaults for the universe of personal loans in Denmark. We provide non-parametric evidence showing that the default propensity is more than four times higher for individuals with parents who are in default compared to individuals with parents not in default. This inter-generational relationship is apparent soon after children move into adulthood and become legally able to borrow. The intergenerational relationship is remarkably stable across age groups, levels of loan balances, parental income levels, childhood school performance, time periods and different measures of financial trouble. Basic theory points to three possible explanations of the correlation across generations in financial trouble: ( i ) children and parents face common shocks; (ii ) children and parents insure each other against adverse shocks; (iii ) financial behavior differs across people and is transmitted across generations. Our evidence indicates that the last explanation is the most important.
Schlagwörter: 
Household borrowing decisions
default
intergenerational dependency
JEL: 
D12
D91
G20
Dokumentart: 
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