Description

This paper examines empirical determinants of private saving for a sample of economies in Southeast Asia and Latin America over the period 1975–95. It uses panel estimations to establish relationships between private saving rates and a range of policy and nonpolicy variables. The findings show that fiscal policy, particularly social security arrangements, influence private saving; also macroeconomic stability and financial deepening appear to have been important in accounting for differences in saving behavior between the two regions.

Taxonomy

Economic policy , Social policy , Social security

More publications in this series: Working Papers

More publications by: Christian Thimann ; Anuradha Dayal-Gulati