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The structure of income helps to understand changes in the household saving ratio in France
[La composition du revenu aide à comprendre l’évolution du taux d’épargne des ménages en France]

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  • Jean-François OUVRARD
  • Camille THUBIN

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Economic research – The rise in the household saving ratio since the end of 2018 and, more generally, its significant fluctuations over the last ten years call for a fresh look at its macroeconomic determinants. This article proposes a model of household consumption, and thus of the saving ratio, using the share in income of some of its components. This model reflects the idea that changes in the composition of aggregate income are linked to changes in the distribution of income among households with heterogeneous marginal propensities to consume. This approach makes it possible to better explain recent trends in the saving ratio, in particular its decline since 2012 and its subsequent recent rise, with financial income and taxes and social security contributions playing a specific role in these developments. La hausse du taux d’épargne des ménages depuis fin 2018 et plus globalement ses mouvements importants depuis dix ans invitent à revisiter ses déterminants macroéconomiques. Cet article propose une modélisation de la consommation des ménages et donc du taux d’épargne faisant intervenir le poids dans le revenu de certaines de ses composantes. Cette modélisation traduit l’idée que les changements de la composition du revenu agrégé sont liés notamment à des modifications de la répartition du revenu entre ménages ayant des propensions marginales à consommer hétérogènes. L’approche retenue permet de mieux expliquer les mouvements récents du taux d’épargne, en particulier sa baisse depuis 2012 puis sa hausse récente, avec un rôle particulier pour les revenus financiers et les prélèvements obligatoires sur les ménages.

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  • Jean-François OUVRARD & Camille THUBIN, 2020. "The structure of income helps to understand changes in the household saving ratio in France [La composition du revenu aide à comprendre l’évolution du taux d’épargne des ménages en France]," Bulletin de la Banque de France, Banque de France, issue 227.
  • Handle: RePEc:bfr:bullbf:2020:227:09
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    1. Dimitrios Sideris & Georgia Pavlou, 2021. "Disaggregate income and wealth effects on private consumption in Greece," Working Papers 293, Bank of Greece.

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    JEL classification:

    • E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
    • E27 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications

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