Estimating the effect of the one-child policy on Chinese household savings - Evidence from an Oaxaca decomposition
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2020.101570
Abstract: Researchers have long puzzled over China’s high household savings rate. Some have hypothesized that the explanation lies with China’s One-Child Policy (OCP). According to this hypothesis, faced with fewer children to support them in their… read more here.
Keywords: oaxaca decomposition; one child; household savings; child policy ... See more keywords
Marriage squeeze, marriage age and the household savings rate in China
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2020.102558
Abstract: Recent influential papers claim that single men's saving competition for marriage intensified by an increase in the male-to-female ratio in the pre-marital cohort explains 60 percent of the rise of China's aggregate household savings rate.… read more here.
Keywords: marriage; age; household savings; marriage squeeze ... See more keywords
Medicaid and household savings behavior: New evidence from tax refunds
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2019.10.008
Abstract: Abstract Using data on over 57,000 low-income tax filers, we estimate the effect of Medicaid access on the propensity of households to save or repay debt from their tax refunds. We instrument for Medicaid access… read more here.
Keywords: savings behavior; medicaid household; tax refunds; behavior new ... See more keywords
Housing prices and household savings: evidence from urban China
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DOI: 10.1080/20954816.2019.1699722
Abstract: Abstract Based on precautionary saving motives, this research develops a three-period life-cycle model to manifest the impact of housing prices on household savings in urban China. The theoretical model illustrates that the expected appreciation of… read more here.
Keywords: household; age; housing prices; household savings ... See more keywords