propensity to save of married couples, consistent with a rise in precautionary savings interpretation. An increase in the risk of … savings. -- Divorce ; saving ; marriage ; divorce law …

From 1995 to 2005, the average urban household saving rate in China rose by 8 percentage points, to about one quarter … of disposable income. We use household-level data to explain why households are postponing consumption despite rapid … profile of savings has an unusual U-shaped pattern, with saving rates being the highest among the youngest and oldest …

household savings rate and the U-shaped age-profile of savings. -- China ; household savings ; income uncertainty ; pension …China's household saving rate has increased markedly since the mid-1990s and the agesaving profile has become U … permanent variance of household income was stable, the transitory variance rose sharply. Based on these estimates, we calibrate …

social programs, savings and the labor supplies of all adult household members. The optimal policy mix focuses mainly on … and savings decisions of singles and married couples. Partial insurance against wage and employment shocks is provided by … Social Assistance, which provides a permanent universal household income floor, with a minor role for temporary earnings …

We analyse how the financial support for long-term elderly care affects the level of household savings. Using a … be flexibly estimated across age groups. We find that the Scottish policy reduced the average household saving by about … £7,200. Moreover, the estimated effects are heterogeneous across age groups of the head of household: these effects are …

study household savings and expenditure adjustment from an unexpected, large-scale and rapidly evolving political shock that … uncertainty resulted in significant temporary increases in savings among urban households in China. Households responded mainly by … empirical studies of precautionary savings such as self-selection and life-cycle effects. …