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The impact of pre-marital sex ratios on household saving in two Asian countries : the competitive saving motive revisited

Horioka, Charles; Terada Hagiwara, Akiko - 2016

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

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Are the Japanese unique? : evidence from household saving and bequest behavior

Horioka, Charles - 2016

In this paper, we attempt to shed light on whether Japanese households are rational or if their behavior is influenced …

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Does the selfish life-cycle model apply in the case of Japan?

Horioka, Charles - 2020

the age structure of the population on the saving rate, the saving behavior of retired households, saving motives, the …

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Household debt and aging in Japan

Horioka, Charles; Niimi, Yoko - 2019

In this paper, we analyze the borrowing behavior of Japanese households in comparison to the other Group of Seven (G7 …) countries and also broken down by the age group of the household head. We find that pre-retirement households (households with a … satisfactory. However, we also find that households with a head in the 30-39 age group have shown a sharp increase in debt holdings …

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Why do Europeans save? : micro-evidence from the household finance and consumption survey

Horioka, Charles; Ventura, Luigi - 2024

In this paper, we analyze the saving motives of European households using micro-data from the Household Finance and … most important saving motive of European households when the proportion of households saving for each motive is used as the … criterion to rank them but that the retirement motive is the most important saving motive of European households if the …

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The dissaving of the aged revisited : the case of Japan

Horioka, Charles (contributor) - 2006

; households ; life cycle model ; life cycle hypothesis ; Japan …

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The causes of Japan's 'lost decade' : the role of household consumption

Horioka, Charles (contributor) - 2006

In this paper, I analyze the causes of the prolonged slowdown of the Japanese economy in the 1990s and find that the stagnation of investment, especially private fixed investment, was the primary culprit. I then investigate the causes of the stagnation of household consumption during the 1990s...

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Do bequests increase or decrease wealth inequalities?

Horioka, Charles - 2009

This paper finds that individuals in Japan do not leave very significant bequests, that parents often require a quid pro quo for bequests to their children, and that wealthier individuals leave less bequests, meaning that bequests ameliorate wealth inequalities. -- Bequests ; Inheritances ;...

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A survey of household saving behavior in Japan

Horioka, Charles (contributor) - 2007

This paper presents data on Japan’s household saving rate, considers the reasons for Japan’s high household saving rate in the past and the reasons for the recent decline therein, projects future trends in Japan’s household saving rate, and consider the implications of my findings. It...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003490393

Aging, saving, and public pensions in Japan

Horioka, Charles (contributor); Suzuki, Wataru (contributor) - 2007

We analyze the impact of population aging on Japan’s household saving rate and on its public pension system and the impact of that system on Japan’s household saving rate and obtain the following results: first, the age structure of Japan’s population can explain the level of, and past and...

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