Precautionary saving and earnings uncertainty in Japan: A household-level analysis

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 192-212

  Zhou, Yanfei ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POPULATION AND SOCIAL SECURITY RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Earnings uncertainty; Precautionary saving; Two step estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038009791     PISSN: 08891583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-1583(03)00012-1     Document Type: Article

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