Replication data for: Demographic Patterns and Household Saving in China
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Chadwick C. Curtis; Steven Lugauer; Nelson C. Mark
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Project Citation:
Curtis, Chadwick C., Lugauer, Steven, and Mark, Nelson C. Replication data for: Demographic Patterns and Household Saving in China. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2015. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114066V1
Project Description
Summary:
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This paper studies how demographic variation affects the aggregate household saving rate. We focus on China because it is experiencing an historic demographic transition and has had a massive increase in household saving. We conduct a quantitative investigation using a structural overlapping generations model that incorporates parental care through support for dependent children and financial transfers to retirees. The saving decisions in the parameterized model mimic many of the features observed in the Chinese household saving rate time series from 1955 to 2009. Demographic change alone accounts for over half of the saving rate increase. (JEL D12, D91, E21, J11, O12, O16, P36)
Scope of Project
JEL Classification:
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D12 Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
D91 Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
E21 Macroeconomics: Consumption; Saving; Wealth
J11 Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
O12 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
O16 Economic Development: Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
P36 Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer Economics; Health; Education and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty
D12 Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
D91 Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
E21 Macroeconomics: Consumption; Saving; Wealth
J11 Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
O12 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
O16 Economic Development: Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
P36 Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer Economics; Health; Education and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty
Geographic Coverage:
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China
Data Type(s):
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survey data;
administrative records data;
census/enumeration data;
aggregate data
Methodology
Unit(s) of Observation:
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Country,
Household,
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