In this paper, we conduct a dynamic panel analysis of the determinants of the household saving rate in China using a … life cycle model and panel data on Chinese provinces for the 1995-2004 period from China's household survey. We find that … China's household saving rate has been high and rising and that the main determinants of variations over time and over space …

of fertility on household welfare at the micro level. In this paper we present an empirical analysis of the relationship … between household welfare and fertility for Indonesia - a country which has experienced unprecedented economic growth and … score matching methods to study the relationship between fertility outcomes and economic variables at the household level …

subsequent pregnancy. We construct monthly duration and order-specific fertility rates and parity progression ratios to study … rates or on period fertility trends. As in most cases analysed for other developed countries, the main effect of the policy … change was on the tempo of fertility, namely on the spacing of second and third births. …

insurance between the household categories than in the difference in their savings rates. Whereas the average amount saved on … Sparquote zu. Außerdem beeinflußt die Art der sozialen Sicherung die Höhe der Sparquote. Selbständigen-Haushalte sparen einen … Abschluß von Lebensversicherungen treffen. (Nichtbeamtete) Arbeitnehmer dagegen sparen einen Teil ihres Einkommens nicht …

savings, investments and debts by couple members, and how these vary by individual and household characteristics. A particular …This paper builds on the existing literature about the distribution of financial resources within the household between … couple members. Using data from the British Household Panel Study (BHPS) we examine the ownership of, and amounts held in …

a new panel survey (SOFIE) to study housing wealth in household portfolios. It then estimates the rates of saving that … selected comparator countries; • Housing represents a major share of household wealth, and this share has risen in line with … the increase in house prices; • The composition of household portfolios is comparable to other selected countries except …

than the flow measures of household savings. Finally a series of adjustments are made to the flow measures of household and … sectoral saving rates for New Zealand, as derived from the national accounts. It also presents estimates for the household … sector, of the stock measure of savings (changes in net wealth). The latter estimates are found to be consistently greater …

This paper describes a structural dynamic microsimulation model of the household that has been developed to explore …

China and India, two Asian countries that experienced a rapid decline in fertility since the middle of the twentieth … developments, followed a path closer to the optimal fertility transition than China, where the fertility decline was state … century, are the focus of this paper. Although there is no doubt that lower fertility levels have many positive effects on the …