INNOVATION AND LIBERALIZATION ON HOME EQUITY WITHDRAWAL ( HEW) AND SAVING -- IV. TRENDS IN HEWAND HOUSEHOLD SAVING ACROSS … COUNTRIES -- V. HOW DOES HEW AFFECT HOUSEHOLD SAVING? -- VI. ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS -- VII. RECENT EXPERIENCE OF HEW IN AUSTRALIA …

Economic volatility remains a fact of life in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA). Household-level shocks create large consumption … vulnerability to shocks across household types (e.g. by education, ethnic group, and economic activity) and we quantify the impact … mechanisms, including financial access and transfers. Country characteristics crucially determine which household-level shocks …

From 1995 to 2005, the average urban household saving rate in China rose by 7 percentage points, to ¼ of disposable … income. We use household-level data to explain the postponing of consumption despite rapid income growth. Tracing cohorts … demographic groups, although the age-profile of savings has an unusual U-shaped pattern, with saving rates being the highest among …

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. WHO SAVES IN IRELAND? -- III. ARE HOUSEHOLD SAVINGS AFFECTED BY CAPITAL … GAINS IN HOUSING? -- IV. THE SPECIAL SAVINGS INCENTIVE ACCOUNTS -- V. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- APPENDIX I -- APPENDIX II …