01680cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF009050 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451863918 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Moreno Badia, Marialuz. Who Saves in Ireland? : The Micro Evidence / Marialuz Moreno Badia. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006. 1 online resource (33 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper provides detailed empirical evidence on the saving behavior of Irish households using micro data from the 1994/95 and 1999/2000 Household Budget Surveys. I employ synthetic cohort techniques to characterize the life cycle profile of saving rates and to examine the response of household saving to house price appreciation. The analysis suggests that households at the peak of their working lives have relatively low savings though there is no evidence of a generational savings gap. Also, despite housing being a major component of Irish households, wealth, there is no strong relationship between savings and housing capital gains. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/131 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2006/131/001.2006.issue-131-en.xml IMF e-Library