Savings and Income Distribution

Hongyi Li () and Heng-Fu Zou ()

Annals of Economics and Finance, 2004, vol. 5, issue 2, 245-270

Abstract: While this paper emphasizes the analytical ambiguity of the relationship between savings and income inequality, the empirical examination renders weak support for a negative association between them. However, this relationship is not very robust. Subsamples of OECD countries and Asian countries show that income inequality and the savings rate can be positively and significantly associated.

Keywords: Savings; Income distribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D3 E2 O5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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