Life-Cycle Savings and Public Policy

The key to understanding household saving is obtaining appropriate data. This study focuses to obtain data on many households from different countries and to examine them in a coherent fashion. It tells that through these observations, we can learn about the ways policies affect savings and that other differences among savers can be controlled.

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Life-Cycle Savings and Public Policy examines data on many households from a number of different countries. The hope is that through these observations we can learn about the ways policies affect savings, and that other differences among savers can be controlled for, instead of being blamed on cultural differences.

This book features a consistent framework among chapters. It reaches a harmony between measurement and analysis to compare accurately the resulting data and statistics. It provides econometric methodology to reveal the way policies affect savings. The book features data on household savings in Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, the U.K., and the U.S.

This book is recommended reading for anyone interested in saving, social insurance policy, or capital formation.