Household Savings in Japan Revisited

Yukinobu Kitamura (kitamura@ris.ac.jp), 行伸 北村, ユキノブ キタムラ, Noriyuki Takayama (takayama@ier.hit-u.ac.jp), 憲之 高山, ノリユキ タカヤマ, Fumiko Arita and 富美子 有田

No 6, Discussion Paper from Center for Intergenerational Studies, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University

Abstract: This paper investigates the household saving behavior by different cohorts with various household characteristics in Japan. Pooling the National Survey of Family Income and Expenditure in 1984, 1989 and 1994, the cohort analysis finds a substantial behavioral difference in the baby-boomer generation in Japan after 1989. As this generation is the largest demographic group, this finding provides valuable information to policy makers, especially in terms of intergenerational equity.

Keywords: savings; life-cycle; cohorts; social security wealth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D91 E2 E21 H55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30 pages
Date: 2000-12
Note: September 2000; Revised November 2000, This paper was prepared for the Joint TMR-ESF-SFB 504 Conference on Savings, Pensions, and Portfolio Choice, held in Deidesheim, Germany, April 6-9, 2000.
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