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 …

utility from own consumption, account for the partner's benefit from consumption (altruism), and appreciate wealth. Stationary … wealth (and thus stationary consumption) decreases with respect to altruism under cooperation, but increases in the subgame …-perfect equilibrium in (linear) Markov-perfect strategies. Moreover, non-cooperation reduces savings and altruism mitigates this effect …

This paper analyzes data from a novel field experiment designed to test the impact of two different insurance products … ; savings ; informal risk sharing ; crowding out ; field lab experiment ; Philippines …

This paper examines the role of spousal trust in intra-household decision making through its potential of inciting the … perspective, our findings have important implications for the design and evaluation of household-based (saving) interventions by …

experiment, these spouses randomly received either only a joint savings device (control) or, additionally, a device for … justifiably trusting their husbands), higher savings were achieved through wives' increased involvement in household decisions … higher savings. Our findings encourage household-based interventions to consider spouses' (mis)perceptions about intra-household …