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Gambling and credit: an individual and household level analysis for the UK

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  • Sarah Brown
  • Andrew Dickerson
  • Jolian McHardy
  • Karl Taylor

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We explore the relationship between gambling and the use of credit at the individual and household levels using representative pooled cross-section data from the UK Expenditure and Food Surveys (EFS) (2001--2007). Gambling and the use of credit are shown to be positively correlated at the household level. We find that both the incidence and amount of gambling vary according to household income and the positive association between gambling and credit is stable across household income. It is also apparent that there is strong intra-household correlation in both gambling activity and the use of credit, with stronger relationships in lower income households.

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  • Sarah Brown & Andrew Dickerson & Jolian McHardy & Karl Taylor, 2012. "Gambling and credit: an individual and household level analysis for the UK," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 44(35), pages 4639-4650, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:44:y:2012:i:35:p:4639-4650
    DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2011.593502
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    1. Christoph Engel & Alexandra Fedorets & Olga Gorelkina, 2018. "Risk Taking in the Household: Strategic Behavior, Social Preferences, or Interdependent Preferences?," Discussion Paper Series of the Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Economics 2018_14, Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Economics, revised Feb 2020.
    2. Christoph Engel & Alexandra Fedorets & Olga Gorelkina, 2018. "How Do Households Allocate Risk?," Working Papers 20186, University of Liverpool, Department of Economics.

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