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The Impact of Sex Ratios Before Marriage on Household Saving in Two Asian Countries : The Competitive Saving Motive Revisited
Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2016
This paper estimates a household saving rate equation for India and the Republic of Korea using long-term time series data for the 1975–2010 period, focusing in particular on the impact of the premarital sex ratio on the household saving rate. To summarize the main findings of the paper, it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012980861
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The Impact of Pre-Marital Sex Ratios on Household Saving in Two Asian Countries : The Competitive Saving Motive Revisited
Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2016
This paper estimates a household saving rate equation for India and Korea using long-term time series data for the 1975-2010 period, focusing in particular on the impact of the pre-marital sex ratio on the household saving rate. To summarize the main findings of the paper, it finds that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012987329
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The Impact of Pre-marital Sex Ratios on Household Saving in Two Asian Countries : The Competitive Saving Motive Revisited
Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2016
This paper estimates a household saving rate equation for India and Korea using long-term time series data for the 1975-2010 period, focusing in particular on the impact of the pre-marital sex ratio on the household saving rate. To summarize the main findings of the paper, it finds that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456265
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The Impact of Pre-Marital Sex Ratios on Household Saving in Two Asian Countries : The Competitive Saving Motive Revisited
Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2016
This paper estimates a household saving rate equation for India and Korea using long-term time series data for the 1975-2010 period, focusing in particular on the impact of the pre-marital sex ratio on the household saving rate. To summarize the main findings of the paper, it finds that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012986694
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The Flow of Household Funds in Japan
Horioka, Charles Yuji - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
In this paper, I consider why Japans household saving rate was so high in the past and why it has shown a downward trend in more recent years, and based on this analysis, I project future trends in Japans household saving rate. To preview my main findings, I find, first, that Japans household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365358
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Why has Japan’s Massive Government Debt Not Wreaked Havoc (Yet)?
Horioka, Charles Yuji; Nomoto, Takaaki; … - School of Economics, University of the Philippines at … - 2013
In this paper, we present data on trends over time in government debt financing in Japan since 2010 with emphasis on … saving) caused by population aging, will make it necessary for Japan to get its fiscal house in order. Thus, Japan’s massive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856151
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Explaining Foreign Holdings of Asia’s Debt Securities
Horioka, Charles Yuji; Hagiwara, Akiko Terada-; Nomoto, … - Office of Regional Economic Integration, Asian … - 2014
securities, with emphasis on Japan and developing Asia. We find that foreign residents generally increased their holdings of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010992316
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Why do children take care of their elderly parents? Are the Japanese any different?
Horioka, Charles Yuji; Gahramanov, Emin; Hayat, Aziz; … - 2016
In this paper, we conduct a theoretical analysis of why individuals provide care and attention to their elderly parents using a two-period overlapping generations model with endogenous saving and a "contest success function" and test this model using micro data from a Japanese household survey,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011564951
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Are the Japanese unique? Evidence from household saving and bequest behavior
Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2016
Japan's household saving rate showed great volatility, was often low and even negative, and was high only during the 25-year … trends over time in, Japan's household saving rate via various socioeconomic and policy variables. This seems to suggest that … their children than other peoples, suggesting that the alleged social norm of strong family ties in Japan is largely a myth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011564954
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Explaining foreign holdings of Asia's debt securities: The Feldstein-Horioka paradox revisited
Horioka, Charles Yuji; Terada-Hagiwara, Akiko; Nomoto, … - 2015
the Eurozone economies, the US, and developing Asia showing relatively weak home bias and advanced Asia, especially Japan … capital has been flowing from the US and the Eurozone economies to both advanced Asia (especially Japan) and developing Asia … reasons. The main reason in the case of advanced Asia (especially Japan) appears to be higher riskadjusted returns, whereas …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421476