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Demography, National Savings, and International Capital Flows
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This paper addresses the relationship between age distributions, national savings and the current account balance.The results point to substantial demographic effects, with increases in both the youth and old-age dependency ratios associated with lower savings rates.They also point to differential effects on savings and investment, and thus to a role for demography in determining the current account balance.The estimated demographic effect on the current account balance exceeds six percent of GDP over the last three decades for a number of countries and, given expected demographic trends, is likely to be substantially larger over the coming decades.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Higgins, M.
- Venue
- International Economic Review
- Publisher
- JSTOR
- Published
- 1998-05
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 343
- ISSN
- 0020-6598 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3122143132
- Cited by
- 398
- References
- 12
- FWCI
- 16.26
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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