Previous authors have asserted that precautionary saving will arise only if consumers are not only risk-averse but also … prudent, but in this paper, we first show that when saving occurs in the context of a financial economy featuring at least one … other asset, prudence is neither necessary, nor sufficient, to generate precautionary saving, i.e. saving induced only by …

This paper analyzes the impact of the age structure of the population on the household saving rate using time … saving rate and her dependency ratio (the ratio of the dependent population to the working-age population) and that the … in Japan's household saving rate, that the downward trend in Japan's household saving rate since the mid-1970s can …

This study analyzes the determinants of gross saving in Jordan over the period 1991-2023, with particular attention … paid to the role of macroeconomic and demographic factors in shaping saving behavior. The empirical analysis employs the … saving, the age dependency ratio, real per capita GDP growth, real interest rates, and unemployment. The results indicate …