Sociodemographic, economic, and psychological drivers of the demand for life insurance: Evidence from the German Retirement Income Act
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Keywords
life insurance demand; tax incentives; financial literacy;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
- D14 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Saving; Personal Finance
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
- G22 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Insurance; Insurance Companies; Actuarial Studies
- K34 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Tax Law
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EEC-2010-07-17 (European Economics)
- NEP-EUR-2010-07-17 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-IAS-2010-07-17 (Insurance Economics)
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