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Do the Aged Dissave in Japan? Evidence from Micro Data

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Horioka, C.Y.
Kasuga, N.
Yamazaki, K.
Watanabe, W.

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In this paper, we analyse the saving behavior of the aged in Japan using household-level data from a 1992 survey conducted by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications.

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Paper provided by Osaka - Institute of Social and Economic Research in its series Papers with number 402.

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Date of creation: 1996
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Keywords: AGING JAPAN SAVINGS PENSION FUNDS

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D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
D91 - Microeconomics - - Intertemporal Choice and Growth - - - Intertemporal Consumer Choice; Life Cycle Models and Saving
E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomics: Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped

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  1. David Blake, 2004. "The impact of wealth on consumption and retirement behaviour in the UK," Applied Financial Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 14(8), pages 555-576, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Kenneth N. Kuttner & Adam S. Posen, 2002. "Passive Savers and Fiscal Policy Effectiveness in Japan," Peterson Institute Working Paper Series WP02-2, Peterson Institute for International Economics. [Downloadable!]
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