Empirical Determinants of Household Saving Evidence From OECD Countries

This paper analyzes the empirical determinants of household saving using data from 21 OECD countries for 1975-95. A particular focus is the influence of the tax and social security systems on household saving. The paper therefore extends the usual set of explanatory variables used to explain househo...

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Main Author: Callen, Tim
Other Authors: Thimann, Christian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund 1997
Series:IMF Working Papers
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Collection: International Monetary Fund - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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653 |a Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects 
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653 |a National accounts 
653 |a Wealth 
653 |a Social Security and Public Pensions 
653 |a Macroeconomics 
653 |a Taxes 
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653 |a Banks and Banking 
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653 |a Saving 
653 |a Income 
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653 |a Finance 
653 |a Public finance & taxation 
653 |a Aggregate Factor Income Distribution 
653 |a Income and capital gains taxes 
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520 |a This paper analyzes the empirical determinants of household saving using data from 21 OECD countries for 1975-95. A particular focus is the influence of the tax and social security systems on household saving. The paper therefore extends the usual set of explanatory variables used to explain household saving behavior to include variables that capture the structure of the tax system and the financing and generosity of the social security and welfare system. These variables are found to have an important impact on household saving. Accordingly, by changing the design of these systems, governments may be able to influence saving