The decline of Japan's saving rate and demographic effects

Japanese Economic Review

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 312-321

  Koga, Maiko ^a  

^a Bank of Japan ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LIFE CYCLE; SAVINGS BEHAVIOR; TIME SERIES;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 33745191489     PISSN: 13524739     EISSN: 14685876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5876.2006.00369.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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