How can retirement savings be increased? We explore a unique policy change in the context of the German pension system … these letters on the behavior of individuals. We find an increase in tax-deductible private retirement savings and provide … evidence that this is not due to a crowding-out of other forms of savings. We also show that labor earnings, i.e. the most …

, capital controls, and other government distortions of international transactions, may reduce private savings rates. A two … that there is a significant and robust relationship between economic liberalization and lower rates of savings. One … implication is that at least part of the decline in savings rates in some countries over the past two decades may be explained by …

This paper scrutinizes the role of prolonged, expansionary monetary policy on the savings behavior of Japanese … households, focusing on the dramatic change of the household savings rate since 1998, from high to low savings. The literature … channel but not the labor income channel. There is also evidence that rising wealth boosts savings. …

privatization effects on savings in Eastern Europe, with limited evidence of positive savings effects in Latin America. These …