workers, but may also have positive consequences on the aggregate saving rate. In addition, for Chile, it is evident that …This paper compares the saving behavior of formal and informal workers and additionally provides a socioeconomic and … financial characterization of informal workers in Chile. The paper uses the Financial Household Survey conducted by the Central …

consumption/saving decisions of households. Although little empirical work exists in this area, often presenting indirect evidence …, the theory is divided over the effect of family risk over saving and wealth accumulation. By using data from the Italian … model of consumption. Furthermore, we study the differential behaviour, in terms of consumption/saving choices, of couples …

Risk may induce precautionary saving but it can also reduce saving. The theoretical literature recognizes both …

and 35 percent in the Newly Industrialized Economies. Aside from being generally low, saving rates in most of Africa have … saving and portfolio allocation observed in the data. …

provides a new explanation for the complex issue of Chinese saving using a structural vector autoregressive (SVAR) model. We … find that China's growth is positively affected by saving but has a limited effect on saving, that inequality mainly has a … negative impact on growth but has a positive impact on saving, and that inequality is a stronger factor than growth in …

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 … impact on the household saving rate in both India and Korea, even after controlling for the usual suspects such as the aged …

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 … to females) has a significant impact on the household saving rate in both India and the Republic of Korea, even after …