This paper estimates a household saving rate equation for India and the Republic of Korea using longterm time series data for the 1975-2010 period, focusing in particular on the impact of the premarital sex ratio on the household saving rate. To summarize the main findings of the paper, it finds...

"In this paper, we analyze the determinants of the domestic saving rate in developing Asia during 1966–2007 and find that the main determinants appear to be the aged dependency ratio, income levels, and level of financial development. We project future trends in domestic saving rates in...

In this paper, we analyze the determinants of corporate saving in the form of changes in the stock of cash for 11 Asian economies using firm-level data from the Oriana Database for the 2002–2011 period. We find some evidence that cash flow has a positive impact on the change in the stock of...