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 …

-quarter of total household wealth in Europe provides further corroboration for this finding. …In this paper, we analyze the saving motives of European households using micro-data from the Household Finance and … findings suggest that the retirement motive and the precautionary motive are the dominant motives for saving in Europe partly …

correct for some parts of household savings, we question the correctness of the unitary model with respect to non …-mandatory retirement savings. To answer this question we analyze the intra-household allocation of retirement savings between partners in … of household decision making can thus be rejected with respect to retirement savings. …

households. Using data from the Bank of Italy's Survey on Household Income and Wealth covering the financial crisis, we are able … separately. We find that Italian households were able to smooth on average about 85% of shocks to household head's earnings in … both 2008-2010 and 2010-2012 spells. The most important smoothing mechanisms turn out to be self‐insurance through savings …

stringent conditions hold. This paper shows that when the two-earner household's saving decision is formulated more generally …

register data. Results suggest that children does not affect household consumption in the same magnitude previously assumed …

than households living in Continental Europe. Household characteristics and institutional macroeconomic variables are …We study the role of household saving behaviour, of individual motives for saving and that of perceived liquidity … constraints in 15 Euro Area countries. The empirical analysis is based on the Household Finance and Consumption Survey, a new …

Using combined data from population censuses and Urban Household Surveys, we study the effects of demographic … structural changes on the rise in household saving in China. Variations in fines across provinces on unauthorized births under … investigated in the context of household saving decisions in China. -- household saving ; one-child policy ; demographic structure …

Using combined data from population censuses and Urban Household Surveys, we study the effects of demographic … structural changes on the rise in household saving in China. Variations in fines across provinces on unauthorized births under … investigated in the context of household saving decisions in China …

an in-depth analysis of micro-based data on household wealth across OECD countries. The analysis addresses several …