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Post Keynesian stagnation theory argues that slower population growth dampens consumption and investment. A New …
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Post Keynesian stagnation theory argues that slower population growth dampens consumption and investment. A New …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011575978
This paper employs an aggregate representation of an overlapping generation (OLG) model quantifying a decrease of the natural real interest rate in the range of -1.7 and -0.4 percentage points in the euro area between 1990 and 2030 due to demographics alone. Two channels contribute to this...
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In this research I investigate what percentage of female sterilizations performed in Peru from 1993 to 2000 were done providing adequate information to their users for a free decision about their adoption. I use data from ENDES/DHS 2000, which contains detailed information about contraceptive...
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households, focusing on the dramatic change of the household savings rate since 1998, from high to low savings. The literature …This paper scrutinizes the role of prolonged, expansionary monetary policy on the savings behavior of Japanese … monetary policy had a significant impact on Japan's household behavior via the interest rate channel and the redistribution …
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longevity - or expectations thereof - puts downward pressure on the real interest rate, as agents build up their savings in … retirees to workers). Because retirees save less than workers, this compositional effect lowers the aggregate savings rate and …
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Population growth rates have fallen considerably in most developed countries. An important question for monetary policy is whether this has led to a fall in the natural rate of interest. In representative agent models, the response of the natural rate to a fertility shock crucially depends on...
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This paper studies the impact of demographic trends on the effectiveness of monetary policy. I propose and quantify a novel channel to explain how population aging might affect the transmission of monetary policy and the flattening of the Phillips curve: older individuals devote a larger share...
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savings is influenced by fluctuations in the volatilities of disturbances that hit the economy. It uses a simple New Keynesian …-forming preferences raise risk aversion, increasing the importance of the precautionary savings channel through which volatility …
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