structural changes on the rise in household saving in China. Variations in fines across provinces on unauthorized births under … investigated in the context of household saving decisions in China …

model which features compulsory savings accounts and transparent pricing of health services. It has achieved some of the … how tax cuts can be designed to help establish compulsory savings accounts so that a publicly funded welfare system can be … like unemployment) through the establishment of a set of compulsory savings accounts. A case study of New Zealand is used …

existing studies, we analyze the sources and causes of China's high and rising saving rates in the government, corporate, and … household sectors. Although the causes of China's high saving are complex, we suggest that the evolving economic, demographic …

China's household saving rate has increased markedly since the mid-1990s and the age-saving profile has become U … a buffer-stock savings model and show that rising income uncertainty and pension reforms lead younger and older … households, respectively, to raise their saving rates. These two factors account for over half of the increase in China's urban …

. In 2008, China's national savings rate soared to over 53 percent of its GDP, whereas its current account surplus exceeded … distortions. I document major trends in aggregate savings, investment, trade, and net foreign asset positions in China, and …Over the last decade, the internal and external macroeconomic imbalances in China have risen to unprecedented levels …

jointly contributed to the upsurge in aggregate savings in China in the past two decades. Government policies to rebalance the …This paper analyzes the causes of rising savings rates for the corporate, government, and household sectors, which have …

Many households have insufficient savings to handle moderate and routine consumption shocks. Many of these financially …-Linked Savings (PLS) accounts, that combine principal-security with lottery-type jackpots, can increase savings among these at …-risk households. Results from an online experiment show that the introduction of PLS accounts increase total savings and reduce …