region. In terms of sheer magnitudes, China's national savings and current account surpluses dominate the region's saving-investment … growth. Investment growth has dominated GDP growth in China during this decade but is also important in the cases of India … and Vietnam. To examine the global implications of domestic growth patterns in Asia, I analyze saving-investment balances …

easing entrepreneurial investments for credit-constrained individuals whose investment possibilities depend on their income …

turned to Unemployment Insurance Savings Accounts (UISAs) as an alternative to traditional systems of unemployment insurance …. UISAs are schemes of individual mandatory savings. Therefore, they smooth income over an individual's life cycle rather than …

distortions. I document major trends in aggregate savings, investment, trade, and net foreign asset positions in China, and …. In 2008, China's national savings rate soared to over 53 percent of its GDP, whereas its current account surplus exceeded …

This paper analyzes the causes of rising savings rates for the corporate, government, and household sectors, which have … jointly contributed to the upsurge in aggregate savings in China in the past two decades. Government policies to rebalance the …

unemployment rates. But scant, if any, evidence exists on gender gaps in economic outcomes such as income, expenditure, savings … to reduce their current consumption and increase savings. Factors such as the different participation rates in work …