Demography, national savings and international capital flows

Matthew Higgins

No 34, Staff Reports from Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Abstract: This paper addresses the relationship between age distributions, national savings and the current account balance. The results point to substantial demographic effects, with increases in both the youth and old-age dependency ratios associated with lower savings rates. They also point to differential effects on savings and investment, and thus to a role for demography in determining the current account balance. The estimated demographic effect on the current account balance exceeds six percent of GDP over the last three decades for a number of countries and, given expected demographic trends, is likely to be substantially larger over the coming decades.

Keywords: demography; saving and investment; capital movements (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F21 J1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997-12-01
Note: For a published version of this report, see Matthew Higgins, "Demography, National Savings, and International Capital Flows," International Economic Review 39, no. 2 (May 1998): 343-69.
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