Life-cycle savings and public policy a cross-national study of six countries
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...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Academic Press
c2003.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627097706719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Life-Cycle Savings and Public Policy; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Saving: A Cross-National Perspective; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Value of Cross-National Comparisons; 1.3 The Importance of Panel Data; 1.4 A Typical Pitfall in the Analysis of Cross-National Saving Behavior; 1.5 Goals of this Book; 1.6 Measuring Life-Cycle Saving; 1.7 What Does an Extended Life-Cycle Model of Saving Predict?; 1.8 Some Institutional Differences Across Countries and What They Mean for Saving; 1.9 What Do We Observe Empirically?
- 1.10 Are these Observations Consistent with our Expectations?References; Chapter 2. Household Saving: Concepts and Measurement; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 How Can We Measure Household Saving?; 2.3 Why Cohort Analysis?; 2.4 Data Requirements; 2.5 Aggregation and Estimation; 2.6 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3. Household Saving in Germany; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Data; 3.3 The Flow of Household Saving; 3.4 The Stock of Wealth by Age and Birth Cohort; 3.5 The Institutional Background for Saving in Germany; 3.6 Links between Saving Patterns and Public Policy; 3.7 Conclusions; References
- Chapter 4. Household Saving Behavior and Pension Policies in Italy4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Data; 4.3 Cross-Sectional Age Profiles of Income and Saving; 4.4 Cohort-Adjusted Age Profiles of Income and Saving; 4.5 Analyzing Saving According to Demographic Groups; 4.6 The Importance of Pension Arrangements for Saving Choices; 4.7 Measurement Error; 4.8 Conclusions; References; Appendix; Chapter 5. Household Savings and Wealth Distribution in Japan; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Data; 5.3 Age Profile of Savings; 5.4 Saving Rates by Income Class; 5.5 Cohort Analysis; 5.6 Age-Wealth Profile
- 5.7 Wealth Distribution5.8 Construction of Social Security Wealth; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6. Savings and Pensions in the Netherlands; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Data; 6.3 The Distribution of Income and Wealth; 6.4 Financial, Real, and Discretionary Saving; 6.5 Policies Affecting Savings; 6.6 Summary and Conclusions; References; Appendix; Chapter 7. Pensions and Life-Cycle Savings Profiles in the UK; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Data; 7.3 Cross-Sectional Descriptive Evidence, 1978-93; 7.4 Cohort Effects and Life-Cycle Profiles; 7.5 Further Issues; 7.6 Conclusions; References; Appendix I
- Appendix IIAppendix III; Chapter 8. Household Saving Behavior and Pension Policies in the United States; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Data; 8.3 Household Savings; 8.4 Pension Policies; 8.5 Conclusion; References; Appendix
