families in Japan, and the distribution of wealth within Japanese cohorts by household composition. The central point of …This paper is a critique of the literature on transfer wealth accumulation in Japan during the postwar period. The … evidence (contrary to popular belief) of a relationship between household composition and the wealth …

This paper develops and tests a model of Japan’s household savings rate, based on the life-cycle hypothesis that the … primary motive for savings is provision for retirement. The paper shows that Japan’s high household savings rate in recent … improvements in public pension benefits and the aging of the population. It projects that the savings rate will decline …

insurance between the household categories than in the difference in their savings rates. Whereas the average amount saved on … Sparquote zu. Außerdem beeinflußt die Art der sozialen Sicherung die Höhe der Sparquote. Selbständigen-Haushalte sparen einen … Abschluß von Lebensversicherungen treffen. (Nichtbeamtete) Arbeitnehmer dagegen sparen einen Teil ihres Einkommens nicht …

Using Danish household level data, we find that a relatively large share of total interest-only mortgage debt is held …-only loans do not fully use the lower instalments to increase their savings or to amortise more expensive debt. This is in … type in Denmark, and the largest difference is found for those families who have the lowest savings propensity, and those …