This paper presents results from a field experiment designed to test whether savings constraints prevent the self …-employed from increasing the size of their businesses. We opened interest-free savings accounts in a local village bank in rural … constructed from selfreported logbooks that respondents filled on a daily basis. Despite the fact that the savings accounts paid …

dissipating. Population aging affects growth through savings, capital accumulation, labor force participation, and total factor … productivity. We examined the impact of aging on those four channels in 12 developing Asian economies that collectively make up the …