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Tables of Contents for Life-Cycle Savings and Public Policy
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Contributors
ix
Preface
xi
Saving: A Cross-National Perspective
Axel Borsch-Supan
Annamaria Lusardi
Introduction
1
1
The Value of Cross-National Comparisons
2
2
The Importance of Panel Data
4
3
A Typical Pitfall in the Analysis of Cross-National Saving Behavior
7
2
Goals of this Book
9
1
Measuring Life-Cycle Saving
10
3
What Does an Extended Life-Cycle Model of Saving Predict?
13
3
Some Institutional Differences Across Countries and What They Mean for Saving
16
6
What Do We Observe Empirically?
22
1
Are these Observations Consistent with our Expectations?
23
10
References
28
5
Household Saving: Concepts and Measurement
Agar Brugiavini
Guglielmo Weber
Introduction
33
2
How Can We Measure Household Saving?
35
4
Why Cohort Analysis?
39
11
Data Requirements
50
2
Aggregation and Estimation
52
2
Conclusion
54
3
References
54
3
Household Saving in Germany
Axel Borsch-Supan
Anette Reil-Held
Reinhold Schnabel
Introduction
57
1
Data
58
7
The Flow of Household Saving
65
12
The Stock of Wealth by Age and Birth Cohort
77
5
The Institutional Background for Saving in Germany
82
7
Links between Saving Patterns and Public Policy
89
6
Conclusions
95
6
References
96
5
Household Saving Behavior and Pension Policies in Italy
Agar Brugiavini
Mario Padula
Introduction
101
2
The Data
103
2
Cross-Sectional Age Profiles of Income and Saving
105
20
Cohort-Adjusted Age Profiles of Income and Saving
125
10
Analyzing Saving According to Demographic Groups
135
4
The Importance of Pension Arrangements for Saving Choices
139
2
Measurement Error
141
2
Conclusions
143
6
References
145
2
Appendix
147
2
Household Savings and Wealth Distribution in Japan
Yukinobu Kitamura
Noriyuki Takayama
Fumiko Arita
Introduction
149
2
The Data
151
14
Age Profile of Savings
165
1
Saving Rates by Income Class
166
6
Cohort Analysis
172
6
Age--Wealth Profile
178
6
Wealth Distribution
184
8
Construction of Social Security Wealth
192
9
Conclusion
201
4
References
202
3
Savings and Pensions in the Netherlands
Rob Alessie
Arie Kapteyn
Introduction
205
2
Data
207
2
The Distribution of Income and Wealth
209
14
Financial, Real, and Discretionary Saving
223
11
Policies Affecting Savings
234
6
Summary and Conclusions
240
17
References
241
2
Appendix
243
14
Pensions and Life-Cycle Savings Profiles in the UK
James Banks
Susann Rohwedder
Introduction
257
3
Data
260
2
Cross-Sectional Descriptive Evidence, 1978-93
262
18
Cohort Effects and Life-Cycle Profiles
280
8
Further Issues
288
15
Conclusions
303
12
References
304
3
Appendix I
307
4
Appendix II
311
2
Appendix III
313
2
Household Saving Behavior and Pension Policies in the United States
Orazio P. Attanasio
Monica Paiella
Introduction
315
3
Data
318
2
Household Savings
320
31
Pension Policies
351
3
Conclusion
354
3
References
355
2
Appendix
357