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Record Nr.

UNINA9910348219003321

Autore

Dekle Robert

Titolo

Understanding Japanese saving : does population aging matter? / / Robert Dekle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005

ISBN

1-134-79314-6

1-280-06295-9

0-203-64529-4

1-138-81066-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

x, 87 p. : ill

Collana

RoutledgeCurzon studies in the growth economies of Asia ; ; 55

Classificazione

83.12

Disciplina

332.6/0952

Soggetti

Saving and investment - Japan

Older people - Japan - Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [80]-84) and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter the Japanese elderly -- chapter and fundamentals -- chapter aging on future saving, investment, and budget deficits -- chapter immigration in impacting saving, investment, and foreign capital in?ows -- chapter and consumption behavior -- chapter developing countries.

Sommario/riassunto

Japan's savings are among the highest in the world, and these high rates have played a valuable role throughout the post-war period. However, over the next several decades, Japan's population will be ageing rapidly. Will this lower Japanese savings rates?  Using up-to-date financial and demographical data, author Robert Dekle finds that the answer to this question is an emphatic 'yes'. Understanding Japanese Saving holds key lessons for Western nations undergoing similar demographic transformations as well as developing countries looking to establish public savings institutions.