Life-cycle theory predicts ageing exerting long-term macroeconomic impacts through the reduction of private savings …. However, empirical research studying macroeconomic determinants of savings generally regard age dependency as the sole measure … savings. This paper addresses this potential bias by considering the joint effects age dependency and longevity have on …

This paper proposes that globalization can affect household saving in the long run in a number of ways. Social … Nations, the OECD, and other sources, this paper finds evidence that household saving declines as globalization deepens …

A number of economists argue that household deleveraging can exert a significant drag on the economic recovery by … household saving rates and changes in debt-to-income ratios. This relationship is however asymmetric, being statistically and … adjustment in saving rates associated with household deleveraging may widely differ across countries and may be overestimated for …

consumption after being tested HIV positive. The paper describes different effects on aggregate savings according to different … stages of the epidemic. We show that the HIV epidemic decreases savings if especially young individuals are (perceived to be …) affected by the virus, but may increase savings if individuals perceive a sizable probability of getting infected later in life …

Historically high household debt in several economies is calling for a deleveraging, but according to some economists …, this paper finds evidence of a negative relationship between changes of household debt-to-income ratios and saving rates … suggest that the economic cost associated with household deleveraging may be overestimated and motivate a deleveraging via …

the world? We use individual-level household data from the 2014 World Bank Global Findex and supplement it with …, general savings behavior, saving specifically for old age, saving for emergencies, and sources of emergency funds). Results … significant and positive impact on financial security, suggesting that these factors could play a key role in promoting savings …