retired households, on saving motives, on the importance of bequests, on bequest motives, on the prevalence of altruism, and … survey the literature on the impact of the age structure of the population on the saving rate, on the saving behavior of …

English Abstract: In this paper, we analyze the saving behavior of elderly households in Japan in order to shed light …, and the “Survey on Households and Saving,” conducted by the Yu-cho Foundation. Our main findings are as follows: (1) In … Japan, the saving rate of the working elderly is positive but lower than that of younger households. By contrast, the saving …

then consider what benefits and costs the rapid expansion of housing credit conferred on Japanese households and whether it … easier for households to purchase housing, which in turn enabled them to purchase housing at a younger age and enabled them … repayment burden of households, which in turn forced them to cut back on non-housing consumption and weakened their ability to …

using the questionnaires that were filled out by about two thousand households in 2008 and 2009. According to the 2008 …