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The Determinants of Household Saving in China : A Dynamic Panel Analysis of Provincial Data

Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2006

In this paper, we conduct a dynamic panel analysis of the determinants of the household saving rate in China using a … life cycle model and panel data on Chinese provinces for the 1995-2004 period from China?s household survey. We find that … China?s household saving rate has been high and rising and that the main determinants of variations over time and over space …

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The Determinants and Long-term Projections of Saving Rates in Developing Asia

Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2011

In this paper, we present data on trends over time in domestic saving rates in twelve economies in developing Asia during the 1966-2007 period and analyze the determinants of these trends. We find that domestic saving rates in developing Asia have, in general, been high and rising but that there...

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The Impact of Pre-marital Sex Ratios on Household Saving in Two Asian Countries : The Competitive Saving Motive Revisited

Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2016

dowries to the groom's side at marriage, but a positive impact in Korea, where, as in China, the groom's side has to bear a …

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The "Real" Explanation of the Feldstein-Horioka Puzzle

Ford, Nicholas - 2016

This paper shows that global capital markets cannot, by themselves, achieve net transfers of financial capital between countries and that both the integration of global financial markets as well as the integration of global goods markets are needed to achieve net transfers of capital between...

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Are Americans More Altruistic than the Japanese? A U.S.-Japan Comparison of Saving and Bequest Motives

Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2000

In this paper, we analyze a variety of data on saving motives, bequest motives, and bequest division from the Comparative Survey of Savings in Japan and the United States,' a binational survey conducted in 1996 by the Institute for Posts and Telecommunications Policy of the Ministry of Posts and...

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The Wealth Decumulation Behavior of the Retired Elderly in Italy : The Importance of Bequest Motives and Precautionary Saving

Ventura, Luigi - 2020

In this paper, we analyze the wealth accumulation and saving behavior of the retired elderly in Italy using micro data from the "Survey of Italian Households' Income and Wealth," a panel survey of households conducted every two years by the Bank of Italy. We find that, on average, the retired...

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Aging, Saving, and Public Pensions in Japan

Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2007

We analyze the impact of population aging on Japan's household saving rate and on its public pension system and the impact of that system on Japan's household saving rate and obtain the following results: first, the age structure of Japan's population can explain the level of, and past and...

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The Dissaving of the Aged Revisited : The Case of Japan

Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2006

In this paper, I survey the previous literature on the saving behavior of the aged in Japan and then present some survey data on the saving behavior of the aged in Japan that became available recently. To summarize the main findings of this paper, all previous studies as well as the newly...

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The Degree of Judicial Enforcement and Credit Markets : Evidence from Japanese Household Panel Data

Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2010

In this paper, we conduct an empirical analysis of the impact of better judicial enforcement on the probability of being credit rationed, loan size, and the probability of bankruptcy using household-level data from the Japanese Panel Survey of Consumers, conducted by the Institute for Research...

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Do Borrowing Constraints Matter? An Analysis of Why the Permanent Income Hypothesis Does Not Apply in Japan

Kohara, Miki - 2006

We use micro data on young married households from the Japanese Panel Survey of Consumers in order to analyze the importance of borrowing constraints in Japan. We find (1) that 8 to 15 percent of young married Japanese households are borrowing-constrained, (2) that household assets and the...

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