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- Product code: 17125
- ISBN: 0121098915,
ISBN13: 9780121098919,
402 pages, hardback
Published by Academic Press on 2003
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Description of Life Cycle Savings and Public Policy |
The key to understanding household saving is obtaining appropriate data. Dealing with differences between rich and poor households, for example, or the old and the young, require observation of a large number of households. The focus of this study is to obtain data on many households from a number of different countries and to examine them in a coherent fashion. The hope is that through these observations, we can learn about the ways policies affect savings and that other differences among savers can be controlled for, instead of being blamed on "cultural differences. This book features a consistent framework among chapters; reaches a harmony between measurement and analysis to compare accurately the resulting data and statistics; and provides econometric methodology to reveal the way policies affect savings.
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Reviews"How do social security programs and private financial institutions, such as the rules governing mortgage borrowing, affect household saving? This volume meticulously analyzes panel data from six nations to offer new insights on both of these long-standing questions. The results are essential reading for anyone interested in saving, social insurance policy, or capital formation."
James Poterba, Mitsui Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"This valuable set of studies takes an enormous step towards resolving the puzzling differences in saving rates between countries by focusing on the complex interaction between public policies and individual motives to save. The volume is critical to readers seeking to understand the effects of social policies on national saving and to those trying to deal with public pension "crises" in developed countries."
Steven F. Venti, Department of Economics, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, U.S.A.
| Contents of Life Cycle Savings and Public Policy |
Introduction by A. Boersch-Supan
Household Saving: Concepts and Measurement by A. Brugiavaini and G. Weber
Household Saving in Germany by A. Boersch-Supan, A. Reil-Held, and R. Schnabel
Household Saving Behavior and Pension Policies in Italy by A. Brugiavaini and M. Padula
Household Savings and Wealth Distribution in Japan by
Y. Kitamura, N. Takayama, and F. Arita
Savings and Pensions in the Netherlands by
R. Alessi and A. Kapteyn
Pensions and Life Cycle Savings Profiles in the U.K.
J. Banks and S. Rohwedder
Household Saving Behavior and Pension Policies in the U.S.
O.P. Attanasio and M. Paiella
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About Axel Borsch-Supan |
Edited by Axel Boersch-Supan
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