4.3. Windfalls
We focus on windfalls from lottery and gambling winnings, inheritances, life and accident insurance payouts.13 We assume that conditional on receiving a windfall, the timing and amount of the windfall are random. This ensures that no behavioural changes can be made prior to the windfall and that individuals with large windfalls are representative of the overall sample. We have no information on the exact date of the windfall and assume windfalls occur at the beginning of
the period between interview dates — any other assumption would violate the no-anticipation assumption in some cases. For example, if a worker reports having received a windfall in the preceding period and also reports job mobility, we assume that the windfall occurred before the move. Many windfalls are modest (with a median of £10014), especially
those from lottery winnings and gambling. By contrast, payouts from accident insurance (£237), life insurance (£584), and especially inheritances (£2294) are on average more substantial, as Table (2) shows. Indeed, a significant fraction of windfalls exceeds annual earnings, as the lower panel indicates.
4.3. WindfallsWe focus on windfalls from lottery and gambling winnings, inheritances, life and accident insurance payouts.13 We assume that conditional on receiving a windfall, the timing and amount of the windfall are random. This ensures that no behavioural changes can be made prior to the windfall and that individuals with large windfalls are representative of the overall sample. We have no information on the exact date of the windfall and assume windfalls occur at the beginning ofthe period between interview dates — any other assumption would violate the no-anticipation assumption in some cases. For example, if a worker reports having received a windfall in the preceding period and also reports job mobility, we assume that the windfall occurred before the move. Many windfalls are modest (with a median of £10014), especiallythose from lottery winnings and gambling. By contrast, payouts from accident insurance (£237), life insurance (£584), and especially inheritances (£2294) are on average more substantial, as Table (2) shows. Indeed, a significant fraction of windfalls exceeds annual earnings, as the lower panel indicates.
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