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How important are remittances to savings? : evidence from the Latin America and the Caribbean countries
Nnyanzi, John Bosco; Kilimani, Nicholas; Oryema, John Bosco - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 13 (2022) 1, pp. 1-37
remittances to savings. On average, an increase in inward remittances by 1% leads to about 0.10% increase in savings ceteris … case. Quite outstanding here is the observation of the detrimental role of remittances on savings in the long-run once … direct investment (FDI), and foreign aid were found to be important moderators of the remittances-savings linkage. For the …
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Understanding the determinants of household saving : micro evidence for Latin America
Bebczuk, Ricardo; Gasparini, Leonardo; Garbero, Noelia; … - 2015
This study centers on the household saving rate in Latin America by constructing a new database from 27 household surveys in 10 countries. At the statistical level, about half of the households present negative saving. This fact, coupled with the discrepancy with national accounts data, suggests...
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A comparison of saving rates : micro evidence from seventeen Latin American and Caribbean countries
Gandelman, Néstor - 2015
Using micro data on expenditure and income for 17 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries, this paper presents stylized facts on saving behavior by age, education, income and place of residence. Counterfactual saving rates are computed by imposing the saving behavior, the population...
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Gone with the wind : demographic transitions and domestic saving
Cavallo, Eduardo A.; Sánchez, Gabriel; Valenzuela, Patricio - 2016
This study explores the relationship between demographic factors and saving rates using a panel dataset covering 110 countries between 1963 and 2012. In line with predictions from theory, this paper finds that lower dependency rates and greater longevity increase domestic saving rates. However,...
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Firms' investment and savings in Latin America : stylized facts from the enterprise survey
Kawamura, Enrique; Ronconi, Lucas - 2015
This paper describes the share of investment in fixed capital and working capital financed by retained earnings using a harmonized dataset from the World Bank Enterprise Survey. The sample includes firms across countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Descriptive statistics are presented...
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The mystery of saving in Latin America
Becerra, Oscar; Cavallo, Eduardo A.; Noy, Ilan - 2015
savings does not fully close the negative estimated private saving gap, reducing it by less than 1 percentage point. No gap is …
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Do the rich save more in Latin America?
Gandelman, Néstor - 2015
This paper follows two strategies to address whether the rich save more. First, the paper implements a two-stage procedure in which the household's lifetime income is instrumented with the education level of the household head and the education level of his/her partner. Second, using information...
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Saving in Southeast Asia and Latin America Compared : Searching for Policy Lessons
Dayal-Gulati, Anuradha - 2006
This paper examines empirical determinants of private saving for a sample of economies in Southeast Asia and Latin America over the period 1975-95. It uses panel estimations to establish relationships between private saving rates and a range of policy and nonpolicy variables. The findings show...
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Gone with the Wind : Demographic Transitions and Domestic Saving
Cavallo, Eduardo A. - 2017
This study explores the relationship between demographic factors and saving rates using a panel dataset covering 110 countries between 1963 and 2012. In line with predictions from theory, this paper finds that lower dependency rates and greater longevity increase domestic saving rates. However,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012958088
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Saving in Latin America and the Caribbean : Performance and Policies
Grigoli, Francesco - 2015
This paper analyzes saving patterns and determinants in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), including key policy variables and regimes. The review of previous empirical studies on LAC saving reveals contradictions and omissions. This paper presents empirical results of an extensive search of...
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