Saving and portfolio allocation before and after job loss
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Using administrative panel data from Norway, we investigate the development of household labor income, financial wealth and asset holdings over a nine-year period surrounding job loss. Consistent with a simple theoretical model, the data show precautionary saving and a shift toward safer assets in the years leading up to unemployment, and depletion of savings during unemployment. This suggests that at least some households can foresee and prepare for upcoming unemployment, which indicates that private savings can complement publicly provided unemployment insurance.
Keywords: unemployment, precautionary saving, consumption smoothing, household portfolios, portfolio allocation, optimal unemployment insurance
--------- Sammendrag: Ved hjelp av registerdata over alle mannlige lønnsmottakere som ble arbeidsledige i Norge fra 1999-
2003, undersøker vi utviklingen i de rammede husholdningens arbeidsinntekt, finansielle formue og
beholdning av verdipapirer over en niårsperiode rundt tidspunktet da mannen i husholdningen mistet
jobben. I tråd med en enkel teoretisk modell viser den empiriske analysen økt sparing og en
reallokering av finansporteføljen mot sikrere verdipapirer i årene forut for arbeidsledigheten, samt en
reduksjon i beholdningen av finansielle midler etter at arbeidsledigheten inntraff. Resultatene indikerer
at husholdningene kan forutse og forberede seg på framtidig arbeidsledighet. Privat sparing kan
således, sammen med dagpengene, bidra til å dempe virkningene i konsumet som følge av
arbeidsledigheten.
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Statistics Norway, Research DepartmentSerie
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