Life Cycle Saving in a High-Informality Setting
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Keywords
social protection; savings; informality; aging;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D14 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Saving; Personal Finance
- D15 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Intertemporal Household Choice; Life Cycle Models and Saving
- J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
- J26 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Retirement; Retirement Policies
- J46 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Informal Labor Market
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGE-2025-05-26 (Economics of Ageing)
- NEP-DEV-2025-05-26 (Development)
- NEP-IUE-2025-05-26 (Informal and Underground Economics)
- NEP-LMA-2025-05-26 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
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