household savings, which are primarily financed through increased paternal labor supply. This is the first paper that highlights … this alternative motive for savings in dowry-paying societies. However, we find no impacts of dowry expectations on son …-preferring fertility behaviors and investments in girls. …

This paper estimates a household saving rate equation for India and the Republic of Korea using longterm time series … data for the 1975-2010 period, focusing in particular on the impact of the premarital sex ratio on the household saving … to females) has a significant impact on the household saving rate in both India and the Republic of Korea, even after …

aggregate household saving rates in Japan, China, and India. The observed age distributions help explain the contrasting saving … lower household saving rates in Japan and China …We present a model of household life-cycle saving decisions in order to quantify the impact of demographic changes on …

aggregate household saving rates in Japan, China, and India. The observed age distributions help explain the contrasting saving … lower household saving rates in Japan and China …We present a model of household life-cycle saving decisions in order to quantify the impact of demographic changes on …