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Callen, Tim; McKibbin, Warwick J.; Batini, Nicoletta - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

The world is in the midst of a major demographic transition. This paper examines the implications of such transition over the next 80 years for Japan, the United States, other industrial countries, and the developing regions of the world using a dynamic intertemporal general equilibrium...

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Demographic Change in Asia; The Impacton Optimal National Saving, Investment, and the Current Account

McDonald, Ian; Bésanger, Serge; Guest, Ross - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000

This paper calculates the levels of optimal national saving, investment, and the current account balance for five Asian economies—Hong Kong SAR, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines—for the period 1997–2050 using a simulation approach. These calculations show the sensitivity of...

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Do ageing economies save less? Evidence from OECD data

Wong, Benjamin; Tang, Kam Ki - In: International Journal of Social Economics 40 (2013) May, pp. 591-605

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to re-examine the effect of population ageing on private saving, taking into … account the fact that ageing is brought about by not only rising old-aged dependency but also expanding longevity. Design …-linearity in the savings-ageing relationship which was ignored previously. Third, they identify whether saving rate and demographic …

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Do ageing economies save less? Evidence from OECD data

Wong, Benjamin; Tang, Kam Ki - In: International Journal of Social Economics 40 (2013) May, pp. 591-605

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Consumption Structure, Welfare Goods and Retirement Income: Linking the Ageing Puzzles

El Mekkaoui de Freitas, Najat; Martins, Joaquim Oliveira - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2008

ageing-consumption, an ageing-saving, a saving-capitalisation and a saving-longevity puzzles have been put forward in the …

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Structure de consommation, protection sociale et revenu de retraite

El Mekkaoui de Freitas, Najat; Oliveira Martins, Joaquim - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2008

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Save or pay-as-you-go: The effcts of ageing on optimal retirement funding

Hott, Christian - 2019

Ageing of most societies is driven by two factors: (1) birth rates are declining and (2) people are living longer … retirement. We develop an overlapping generation model in order to analyse the effects of ageing on the efficiency of retirement … old generation and that ageing makes a transfer via pay-as-you-go pension relatively more attractive. In optimum, the …

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Old age savings and house price shocks

McGee, Rory - 2021

Elderly households hold most of their wealth in housing, maintain high levels of wealth throughout retirement, and often leave bequests. The value of their houses are subject to large shocks. To what extent do these shocks affect their savings, consumption, and bequests? Answering this question...

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Understanding pension saving among the self-employed

Cribb, Jonathan; Karjalainen, Heidi - 2023

Private pension saving among the self-employed population in the UK has been falling dramatically over the last few decades, and this has led to a heightened policy focus on how to boost pension saving among this group. In this report we analyse patterns of private pension saving among the...

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Trends in pension saving among the long-term self-employed

Karjalainen, Heidi - 2023

The number of self-employed workers has been rising rapidly in the UK in recent decades. At the same time, private pension participation among this group has fallen sharply, leading to increasing concern among policymakers about the preparedness for retirement of self-employed workers. This...

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