Börsch-Supan, Axel; Reil-Held, Anette; Schunk, Daniel - Sonderforschungsbereich 504 "Rationalitätskonzepte, …; … - 2006
This paper investigates the savings behaviour of German households, especially their capability and their reasons to save. We find that about one third of private households do not save at all while about 50 percent of the households save very regularly. Savings rates appear to be related to...