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Demographic Patterns and Household Saving in China

Curtis, Chadwick C. - 2011

This paper studies the effect that changing demographic patterns have had on the household saving rate in China. We undertake a quantitative investigation using an overlapping generations (OLG) model where agents live for 85 years. Consumers begin to exercise decision making when they are 18....

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What are the Headwaters of Formal Savings? Experimental Evidence from Sri Lanka

Callen, Michael - 2014

When households increase their deposits in formal bank savings accounts, what is the source of the money? We combine … collect deposits directly from households each week. In this context, the headwaters of formal savings are to be found in … sacrificed leisure time: households work more, and work more on the wage market when savings options improve. These results …

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Identifying the Benefits from Home Ownership : A Swedish Experiment

Sodini, Paolo - 2016

This paper studies the economic benefits of home ownership. Exploiting a quasi-experiment surrounding privatization decisions of municipally-owned apartment buildings, we obtain random variation in home ownership for otherwise similar buildings with similar tenants. We link the tenants to their...

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Themes in the economics of aging

Wise, David A. (ed.) - 2001

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Analyses in the economics of aging : [a National Bureau of Economic Research conference report]

Wise, David A. (ed.) - 2005

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Population Aging, Savings Behavior and Capital Markets

Boersch-Supan, Axel H. - 2001

accentuated by fundamental pension reforms that aim at more pre-funding. Population aging changes households' savings behavior and … at the effects of population aging on savings behavior and capital markets therefore adds a new dimension to the …

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Imperfect Knowledge, Retirement and Saving

Gustman, Alan L. - 2001

security are the least well informed about their social security benefits, while those who are most dependent on pensions are …

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Life-Cycle Saving, Limits on Contributions to DC Pension Plans, and Lifetime Tax Benefits

Gokhale, Jagadeesh - 2001

limits bind those older middle-income households who started their pension savings programs late in life, those who plan to …

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Comparing the Economic and Conventional Approaches to Financial Planning

Gokhale, Jagadeesh - 1999

The conventional approach to retirement and life insurance planning, which is used throughout the financial planning industry, differs markedly from the economic approach. The conventional approach asks households to specify how much they want to spend before retirement, after retirement, and in...

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Pre-Retirement Cashouts and Foregone Retirement Saving : Implications for 401(k) Asset Accumulation

Poterba, James M. - 1999

This paper presents new evidence on the potential importance of 401(K) assets in contributing to the retirement resources of future retirees. We use data on past 401(k) participation rates by age and imcome decile, along with information on average 401(k) contribution rates, to project the...

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