El Gobierno Federal en México ha implementado el otorgamiento de una transferencia no contributiva bajo el programa "Pensión Universal", para todos aquellos trabajadores que no obtendrán una pensión por parte de los Programas Contributivos del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (SAR), como una...

In an increasingly complex world, individuals have a more limited ability to take optimal decisions due to the lack of knowledge of basic financial concepts. This leads to severe mistakes in key decisions throughout an individual's life. Moreover, financial illiteracy is greater in the young...

This paper presents saving rate decomposition for Mexican households in 1984-1996 using a synthetic panel. The analysis focuses on low-income households and their saving rate trough the life cycle. Our results show that saving rate in poorer households is higher at the beginning and the end of...

This paper uses structural vector autoregression (SVAR) models to characterize the dynamic impact of fiscal policy on national saving. SVARs have extensively been used in case of monetary policy. Data adjusted for inflation, capital flight, the value loss of debt and cyclical effects, is used...

This paper analyzes the savings behavior of Mexican households under a PAYG pension system. We use a cohort analysis and construct a synthetic panel, that allow us to follow a particular cohort over time by considering repeated cross sections. We use data from five household surveys that allow...

Wide concern between academics and policy makers in several countries has long existed on the question of whether individuals are saving enough for their retirement phase. Empirical evidence for developed countries, as well as the little evidence available for developing nations, shows that this...