Global food production practices and consumption patterns have changed notably in the last few decades. Current dietary … patterns are characterized by increased consumption of refined sugars as well as higher intakes of heavily-processed and animal … association between the consumption of meat and fish and economic and socio-demographic factors, different consumption habits and …

analyze the determinants of private saving in both country groups. Main results are: saving rates are persistent; income … substitutes. Long-run effects of income growth and public saving are larger in the EU than in the candidate countries, indicating …

persistence. -- Precautionary savings ; unemployment insurance ; long-term unemployment ; income uncertainty …We use a life cycle model of consumption and portfolio choice to study the effects of social security on the investment …

OECD countries 1992-2007. We focus on risk sharing through savings, factor income flows, and capital gains. Risk sharing … through factor income and capital gains was close to zero before 1999 but has increased since then. Risk sharing from capital … gains, at about 6 percent, is higher than risk sharing from factor income flows for European Union countries and OECD …

Households can rely on private savings or on public unemployment insurance to hedge against the risk of becoming … both differences in social security payments and different age-income profiles. -- Long-term unemployment ; social security … ; precautionary savings …