Income Uncertainty and Household Savings in China /
China's household saving rate has increased markedly since the mid-1990s and the age-savings profile has become U-shaped. We find that rising income uncertainty and pension reforms help explain both of these phenomena. Using a panel of Chinese households covering the period 1989-2006, we docume...
| Main Author: | Liu, Kai |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | Chamon, Marcos, Prasad, Eswar |
| Format: | Journal |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2010.
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| Series: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2010/289 |
| Online Access: | Full text available on IMF |
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