criterion to rank them but that the retirement motive is the most important saving motive of European households if the …In this paper, we analyze the saving motives of European households using micro-data from the Household Finance and … most important saving motive of European households when the proportion of households saving for each motive is used as the …

version of the selfish life-cycle model and then survey the literature on household saving and bequest behavior in Japan in …

version of the selfish life-cycle model and then survey the literature on household saving and bequest behavior in Japan in …

retirement behavior of households in Japan using micro data from the Preference Parameters Study of Osaka University. Our …

retirement behavior of households in Japan using micro data from the Preference Parameters Study of Osaka University. Our …

) countries and also broken down by the age group of the household head. We find that pre-retirement households (households with a …In this paper, we analyze the borrowing behavior of Japanese households in comparison to the other Group of Seven (G7 … satisfactory. However, we also find that households with a head in the 30-39 age group have shown a sharp increase in debt holdings …

) countries and also broken down by the age group of the household head. We find that pre-retirement households (households with a …In this paper, we analyze the borrowing behavior of Japanese households in comparison to the other Group of Seven (G7 … satisfactory. However, we also find that households with a head in the 30-39 age group have shown a sharp increase in debt holdings …