Author: Mr.Marcos Chamon Publisher: International Monetary Fund ISBN: 1455211702 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 36
Book Description
China’s household saving rate has increased markedly since the mid-1990s and the age-savings profile has become U-shaped. We find that rising income uncertainty and pension reforms help explain both of these phenomena. Using a panel of Chinese households covering the period 1989-2006, we document that strong average income growth has been accompanied by a substantial increase in income uncertainty. Interestingly, the permanent variance of household income remains stable while it is the transitory variance that rises sharply. A calibration of a buffer-stock savings model indicates that rising savings rates among younger households are consistent with rising income uncertainty and higher saving rates among older households are consistent with a decline in the pension replacement ratio for those retiring after 1997. We conclude that rising income uncertainty and pension reforms can account for over half of the increase in the urban household savings rate in China since the mid-1990s as well as the U-shaped age-profile of savings.
Author: Thomas Scharping Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1136823689 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 491
Book Description
This comprehensive volume analyses Chinese birth policies and population developments from the founding of the People's Republic to the 2000 census. The main emphasis is on China's 'Hardship Number One Under Heaven': the highly controversial one-child campaign, and the violent clash between family strategies and government policies it entails. Birth Control in China 1949-2000 documents an agonizing search for a way out of predicament and a protracted inner Party struggle, a massive effort for social engineering and grinding problems of implementation. It reveals how birth control in China is shaped by political, economic and social interests, bureaucratic structures and financial concerns. Based on own interviews and a wealth of new statistics, surveys and documents, Thomas Scharping also analyses how the demographics of China have changed due to birth control policies, and what the future is likely to hold. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Modern China, Asian studies and the social sciences.
Author: Center for Population Research (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.)) Publisher: ISBN: Category : Population research Languages : en Pages : 196
Author: United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Author: Mr.Marcos Chamon
Author: United States. Department of Labor. Manpower Administration
Author: United States. Employment and Training Administration
Author: Thomas Scharping
Author: United States. Department of Labor. Manpower Administration
Author: United States. Employment and Training Administration
Author: Harold Wool
Author: Center for Population Research (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.))
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