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Japan's Household Savings Rate : An Application of the Life-Cycle Hypothesis

International Monetary Fund - 1987

This paper develops and tests a model of Japan’s household savings rate, based on the life-cycle hypothesis that the … primary motive for savings is provision for retirement. The paper shows that Japan’s high household savings rate in recent … improvements in public pension benefits and the aging of the population. It projects that the savings rate will decline …

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Aging, Savings, and Pensions in the Group of Seven Countries: 1980-2025

International Monetary Fund - 1989

the elderly. This study suggests that these demographic trends may lead to a decline in the G-7 private savings rate after …

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Urban and Rural Household Savings in China

International Monetary Fund - 1988

Household savings behavior in China during the past 30 years has been studied by using econometric models with the time …

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Optimal Fiscal Policy and Government Provision of Contingent Liabilities : The Example of Government Loan and Deposit Guarantees

International Monetary Fund - 1989

The optimal provision of loan guarantees or deposit insurance is examined in the context of an overlapping generations model. It is demonstrated that even in the face of a market imperfection that precludes diversification of the private sector’s loan portfolio to eliminate risk, full...

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Dependency Rates and Private Savings Behavior in Developing Countries

International Monetary Fund - 1988

A firm theoretical basis for the empirical relationship between dependency rates and savings behavior in developing … countries is still lacking. Two demographic extensions of the representative household’s stochastic dynamic optimization problem …, and on the savings responsiveness to changes in the real interest rate …

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The Effects of Financial Deregulationon Consumption

International Monetary Fund - 1989

This paper examines whether financial deregulation in the 1980s has reduced the importance of liquidity constraints in consumption patterns. Data for six industrialized countries are used to estimate a simple model incorporating liquidity constraints and forward looking behavior. It is concluded...

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Mexico : Financial Sector Assessment Program Update: Technical Note: The Pension Annuity Market

International Monetary Fund - 2007

This paper presents a technical note on Mexico’s Financial Sector Assessment Program update. The Mexican experience displays interesting characteristics that provide lessons for other countries that still need to design the decumulation phase of their newly established second pillars. The...

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Denmark : Financial Sector Assessment Program: Technical Note: Pensions with Profit Contracts

International Monetary Fund - 2007

This technical note examines pensions with profit contracts in Denmark. The Danish life insurance and pension sector is sensitive to a range of risks on both the asset and liability side of the balance sheet. One of the principal vulnerabilities for the sector arises out of the requirement to...

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Pension Reform in Belgium

International Monetary Fund - 1996

This paper reviews the financial implications of aging for the pension system in Belgium during 1995-2050. Our simulations indicate a strong rise in pension expenditure over the next half century, as is the case in other industrialized countries. In Belgium, the problem is particularly acute in...

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Thailand Financial Sector Assessment Program : Funded Pension System

World Bank Group - 2019

savings for retirement. This note also addresses the challenges of the private, funded system and proposes policy …

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