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Frugality; Are We Fretting too Much? Household Saving and Assets in the United States
Tanner, Evan; Abdih, Yasser - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
a fall in their asset income by saving more out of their labor income, dollar-for-dollar. In the wake of the crisis, our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008528609
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Why Are Saving Rates of Urban Households in China Rising?
Chamon, Marcos; Prasad, Eswar - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
income. We use household-level data to explain the postponing of consumption despite rapid income growth. Tracing cohorts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011123886
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Dissecting Saving Dynamics; Measuring Wealth, Precautionary, and Credit Effects
Carroll, Christopher; Sommer, Martin; Slacalek, Jiri - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
€˜buffer stock’ model of optimal consumption in the presence of labor income uncertainty and credit constraints. Saving in the model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242291
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The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This Selected Issues paper reviews the extent to which growth in Ethiopia has translated into higher living standards. A key feature of the economic strategy has been an explicit commitment to poverty reduction and structural transformation. This is underpinned by the vision of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244172
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The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; 2013 Article IV Consultation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights that recent macroeconomic developments in The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia are encouraging, with a significant deceleration in inflation and continued robust economic growth. Despite significant decline in coffee prices and supply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245705
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When is Economic Growth Pro-Poor? Experiences in Malaysia and Pakistan
Khan, Mahmood Hasan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
This paper focuses on two central issues related to the contrasting experiences of Malaysia and Pakistan regarding poverty reduction. First, it examines the structure of economic growth and its proximate determinants in the two countries, including the initial conditions, institutional changes,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248163
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Does Trade and Technology Transmission Facilitate Inequality Convergence? An inquiry Into the Role of Technology in Reducing the Poverty of Nations
Das, Gouranga Gopal - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
Based on stylized evidence showing variation of the Gini coefficient of income inequality across skill cohorts and on … the rapid rise in trade in technology-intensive goods, the ripple effects of technology transmission and income inequality … capability, better governance and institutions, technological symmetry and social acceptance-causes income to increase and income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264015
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Life-Cycles, Dynasties, Savings; Implications for Closed and Small, Open Economies
Faruqee, Hamid; Laxton, Douglas - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
This paper examines the macroeconomic implications of life-cycle and dynastic saving behavior for closed and small, open economies. Using an extended version of Blanchard’s overlapping agents model, the analytical framework nests these two competing views, treating agents as either dynastic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826319
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Latin America; Highlights from the Implementation of the System of National Accounts 1993 (1993 SNA)
Ramos, Roberto Luis Olinto; Rivas, Lisbeth; Pastor, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
This paper reviews the Latin American experience with the implementation of 1993 SNAand the updating of the national accounts' base year. It also makes a preliminary assessment of the possible estimation biases in nominal GDP estimates stemming from the use of outdated national accounts base...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768868
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Public Expenditureson Social Programs and Household Consumption in China
Baldacci, Emanuele; Ding, Ding; Coady, David; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
then applies a generational accounting framework to Chinese household income survey data. This analysis suggests that a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008470372