The determinants and long-term projections of saving rates in Developing Asia

Japan and the World Economy

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 128-137

  Horioka, Charles Yuji ^a,b   Terada Hagiwara, Akiko ^c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Age structure of the population; Aging; China; Demographics; Developing Asia; Domestic saving rates; Emerging Asia; Financial sector development; Life cycle hypothesis; Life cycle model; Population aging; Saving rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860375857     PISSN: 09221425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.japwor.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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