Household savings in Japan revisited

Research in Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 135-153

  Kitamura, Yukinobu ^a   Takayama, Noriyuki ^a   Arita, Fumiko ^b  

^a HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Toyo Eiwa University   (Japan)

Author keywords

And social security wealth; Cohorts; Life cycle; Savings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347117596     PISSN: 10909443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/reec.2001.0245     Document Type: Article

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