Life Cycle Hypothesis

Demographic structure and private savings in selected countries of the Oceania region

Azmat Gani and Jehad Yasin
Savings and Development Vol. 34(2010), No. 2, pp. 253-267

This paper tests the life cycle hypothesis that private saving rises with a higher percentage of population working and falls by higher percentages among the young and the retired, using the case of selected Pacific Island countries. Our results [...]

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Demographic structure and private savings: some evidence from emerging markets

Jehad Yasin
African Review of Money Finance and Banking 2008, pp. 7-21

This paper tests the life cycle hypothesis that private saving rises with a higher percentage of working population and fall with higher percentages of the young and retired groups. Consistent with this hypothesis, our results from annual data for [...]

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