This paper investigates the co-movements of job security perceptions and household saving rates using data from the 1992 to 2010 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel. The empirical analysis reveals that higher job insecurity is generally accompanied by slightly lower saving which suggests...

This paper uses the special occupational status of German civil servants in combination with the unforeseen event of German reunifi cation to study empirically the relationship between job security and fertility. The civil servant-status provides extreme job security as well as good...

The euro area is experiencing a severe and highly complex crisis. It comprises three problem areas, the diffi culties of some highly indebted European sovereigns to ascertain funding at palatable cost, the disconcerting fragility of the European banking system and disappointing growth prospects...