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Income uncertainty and household savings in China

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Chamon, Marcos, Liu, Kai, Prasad, Eswar·2013·Journal of Development Economics
DOI 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2013.07.014
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China's household saving rate has increased markedly since the mid-1990s and the age-saving profile has become U-shaped. Using a panel of urban Chinese households covering 1989-2006, we document a sharp increase in income uncertainty. While the permanent variance of household income was stable, the transitory variance rose sharply. Based on these estimates, we calibrate a buffer-stock savings model and show that rising income uncertainty and pension reforms lead younger and older households, respectively, to raise their saving rates. These two factors account for over half of the increase in China's urban household savings rate and the U-shaped age-profile of savings.

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Authors
Chamon, M., Liu, K., & Prasad, E.
Venue
Journal of Development Economics
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2013-11
Volume
105
Pages
164-177
ISSN
0304-3878 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.jdeveco.2013.07.014
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journal article
Language
en
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