全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): A Theory of the Competitive Saving Motive

G2TT

来源类型	Working Paper
规范类型	报告
DOI	10.3386/w18911
来源ID	Working Paper 18911
	A Theory of the Competitive Saving Motive
	Qingyuan Du; Shang-Jin Wei
发表日期	2013-03-21
出版年	2013
语种	英语
摘要	Motivated by recent empirical work, this paper formalizes a theory of competitive savings - an arms race in household savings for mating competition that is made more fierce by an increase in the male-to-female ratio in the pre-marital cohort. Relative to the empirical work, the theory can clarify a number of important questions: What determines the strength of the savings response by males (or households with a son)? Can women (or households with a daughter) dis-save? What are the conditions under which aggregate savings would go up in response to a higher sex ratio? This theory can potentially help to understand the savings patterns in China, India, Vietnam, Singapore, Hong Kong, and other economies that have experienced a dramatic increase in the pre-marital sex ratio.
主题	Macroeconomics ; Consumption and Investment ; International Economics ; International Finance ; Development and Growth ; Development
URL	https://www.nber.org/papers/w18911
来源智库	National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/576586
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Qingyuan Du,Shang-Jin Wei. A Theory of the Competitive Saving Motive. 2013.