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The (dis)saving behavior of the aged in Japan
Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2009
In this paper, I survey the previous literature on the saving behavior of the aged in Japan and then present some survey data on the saving behavior of the aged in Japan that became available recently. To summarize the main findings of this paper, virtually all previous studies as well as the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332495
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Retirement sorted? : the adequacy and optimality of wealth among the near-retired
Crawford, Rowena; O'Dea, Cormac - 2014
English couple households born in the 1940s. Here, 'optimal' wealth holdings are those that allow households to enjoy the same … calculate this level of wealth, and compare that with how much wealth households are observed to hold. We find that the majority … of households hold more wealth than our model suggests is optimal and that this would still be true even if housing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010402537
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Retirement sorted? The adequacy and optimality of wealth among the near-retired
Crawford, Rowena; O'Dea, Cormac - 2014
English couple households born in the 1940s. Here, 'optimal' wealth holdings are those that allow households to enjoy the same … calculate this level of wealth, and compare that with how much wealth households are observed to hold. We find that the majority … of households hold more wealth than our model suggests is optimal and that this would still be true even if housing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335622
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The impact of pre-marital sex ratios on household saving in two Asian countries: The competitive saving motive revisited
Horioka, Charles Yuji; Terada Hagiwara, Akiko - 2016
This paper estimates a household saving rate equation for India and Korea using long-term time series data for the 1975-2010 period, focusing in particular on the impact of the pre-marital sex ratio on the household saving rate. To summarize the main findings of the paper, it finds that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011564955
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The determinants of household saving in China: A dynamic panel analysis of provincial data
Horioka, Charles Yuji; Wan, Junmin - 2006
In this paper, we conduct a dynamic panel analysis of the determinants of the household saving rate in China using a life cycle model and panel data on Chinese provinces for the 1995-2004 period from China's household survey. We find that China's household saving rate has been high and rising...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332228
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The impact of sex ratios before marriage on household saving in two Asian countries: The competitive saving motive revisited
Horioka, Charles Yuji; Terada-Hagiwara, Akiko - 2016
This paper estimates a household saving rate equation for India and the Republic of Korea using longterm time series data for the 1975-2010 period, focusing in particular on the impact of the premarital sex ratio on the household saving rate. To summarize the main findings of the paper, it finds...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011725567
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The impact of pre-marital sex ratios on household saving in two Asian countries : the competitive saving motive revisited
Horioka, Charles; Terada Hagiwara, Akiko - 2016
This paper estimates a household saving rate equation for India and Korea using long-term time series data for the 1975-2010 period, focusing in particular on the impact of the pre-marital sex ratio on the household saving rate. To summarize the main findings of the paper, it finds that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011497711
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The impact of sex ratios before marriage on household saving in two Asian countries : the competitive saving motive revisited
Horioka, Charles; Terada Hagiwara, Akiko - 2016
This paper estimates a household saving rate equation for India and the Republic of Korea using longterm time series data for the 1975-2010 period, focusing in particular on the impact of the premarital sex ratio on the household saving rate. To summarize the main findings of the paper, it finds...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011579569
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The gWillh to Save in China
Yin, Ting - Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University - 2011
In this paper, I discuss the actual conditions and determinants of the saving behavior and wealth holdings of the aged … households in China dissave (decumulate their wealth), and that altruistic and selfish bequest motives, especially the latter …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216336
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The HIV Anticaptory Saving Motive : An Empirical Analysis in South Africa
Kuilen, Gijs van de; Lammers, J. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2007
This paper studies the effect of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on saving behaviour. Two important characteristics of HIV result in opposing forces on savings: mortality increases, which reduces savings, and long-term illness risk increases, which enhances savings. We use a two period life-cycle model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011090867