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 sectors. Although the causes of China's high saving are complex, we suggest that the evolving economic, demographic …-2008. Using data from the Flow of Funds Accounts (FFA) and Urban Household Surveys (UHS) supplemented by the findings from … existing studies, we analyze the sources and causes of China's high and rising saving rates in the government, corporate, and …

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. …Using combined data from population censuses and Urban Household Surveys, we study the effects of demographic …

income. The goal of this paper is to test for the effect of mandatory pensions on discretionary household savings. The data … households. The survey contains rich information on house-hold wealth, pension rights and savings attitudes. A result of the … pensions have a significant negative impact on savings motives with respect to old age. Concerning the effect on household …

have larger incentives to save for old age than their husbands. This paper analyses the household members? attitudes … towards saving for old age, and the relation with the household saving and portfolio choice behaviour. Based on a panel of two …-person households (e.g. with a husband and a wife) from the Dutch CentER Savings Survey, we find that wives find saving for old age more …

international wage differentials and preferences for origin. We use a model of job search, savings and migration to show that job …

-migrant. Although migrants lose their original social networks whilst overseas, savings and human capital accumulation acquired abroad …

situation can be closely monitored, but that it might be a very important complement when savings inhibit observing financial …

increase savings, they are unavailable to the millions of people worldwide who not have a formal wage bill. Self-help peer … first experiment finds that self-help peer groups are very potent at increasing savings. In contrast, a more classical … tool to encourage savings. …