Why are saving rates of urban households in China rising? [[electronic resource] /] / prepared by Marcos Chamon and Eswar Prasad

• Autore: Chamon Marcos
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : International Monetary Fund, Research Dept., 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (51 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Saving and investment - China - Econometric models; Households - Economic aspects - China - Econometric models
• Soggetto geografico: China Economic conditions 1976-2000 Econometric models; China Economic conditions 2000- Econometric models
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: PrasadEswar
• Note generali: "June 2008."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 48-49).
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; I. Introduction; II. Data; III. Stylized Facts; IV. Demographic Determinants of Household Saving Behavior; V. Potential Explanations; A. Habit Formation; B. Shifts in Social Expenditures; C. Durables Purchases and Savings; D. Housing Purchases and Savings; E. Effects of State Enterprise Restructuring on Saving Behavior; F. Target Savings; V. A Composite Sketch; VI. Discussion and Implications for Aggregate Saving Patterns; Appendix; Text Tables; 1. Summary Statistics; 2. Representativeness of 10 Provinces/Municipalities Sub-Sample; 3. Consumption Growth and Habit Formation ; 4. Ownership of Durable Goods per 100 Urban Households5. Home Purchase and Construction Expenditure Financed by Saving Withdrawals ..; 6. Type of Employer for Households With a Head in the Age Range 25-59; 7. Median Regressions for the Saving Rate; 8. Median Regressions for the Saving Rate Including Imputed Value of Owner Occupied Housing; Appendix Tables; A1. Saving Rates and Household Income in Household Surveys and National Accounts; A2. Breakdown of Consumption Expenditures Across Different Categories; Text Figures; 1. Contributions to Gross Domestic Savings as a Percentage of GDP ; 2. Saving Rate and Share of Total Savings by Income Quintile3. Average Disposable Income and Consumption by Age of Head of Household; 4. Income and Consumption for Different Cohorts Over Time; 5. Average Saving Rates by Age of Head of Household; 6. Age, Cohort, and Year Effects on Income, Consumption and Saving Rates; 7. Average and Standard Deviation of the Shares of Consumption Expenditure on Education and Health as a Function of Age of the Head of the Household; 8. Home Ownership by Age of the Head of Household; 9. Age Distribution of the Chinese Population: Estimates and Projections ; Appendix FiguresA1. Aggregate Saving Rate in an OLG Model with Credit Constraints as a Function of Geometric Growth Rate of Wages; A2. Aggregate Saving Rate in an OLG Model with Credit Constraints as a Function of Geometric Growth Rate of Wages and the Credit Constraint; References
• Titolo autorizzato: Why are saving rates of urban households in China rising
• ISBN: 1-4623-1241-1; 1-4527-6926-5; 9786612840968; 1-282-84096-7; 1-4518-7003-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463604603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: IMF working paper ; ; WP/08/145.