Demographic Patterns and Household Saving in China
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Chadwick C. Curtis
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Steven Lugauer
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Nelson C. Mark
- American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics
- vol. 7, no. 2, April 2015
- (pp. 58-94)
Abstract
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)
Citation
Curtis, Chadwick C., Steven Lugauer and Nelson C. Mark.
2015.
"Demographic Patterns and Household Saving in China." American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics,
7(2):58-94.
DOI: 10.1257/mac.20130105
JEL Classification
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D12
Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
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D91
Intertemporal Household Choice; Life Cycle Models and Saving
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E21
Macroeconomics: Consumption; Saving; Wealth
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J11
Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
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O12
Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
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O16
Economic Development: Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
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P36
Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer Economics; Health; Education and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty
