The Determinants and Long-Term Projections of Saving Rates in Developing Asia

37 Pages Posted: 15 Nov 2011 Last revised: 15 Jan 2023

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Charles Yuji Horioka

Kobe University; National Bureau of Economic Research; Asian Growth Research Institute; Osaka University

Akiko Terada-Hagiwara

Asian Development Bank

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Date Written: November 2011

Abstract

In this paper, we present data on trends over time in domestic saving rates in twelve economies in developing Asia during the 1966-2007 period and analyze the determinants of these trends. We find that domestic saving rates in developing Asia have, in general, been high and rising but that there have been substantial differences from economy to economy and that the main determinants of these trends appear to have been the age structure of the population (especially the aged dependency ratio), income levels, and the level of financial sector development. We then project future trends in domestic saving rates in developing Asia for the 2011-2030 period based on our estimation results and find that the domestic saving rate in developing Asia as a whole will remain roughly constant during the next two decades despite rapid population aging in some economies in developing Asia because population aging will occur much later in other economies and because the negative impact of population aging on the domestic saving rate will be largely offset by the positive impact of higher income levels.

Suggested Citation

Horioka, Charles Yuji and Terada-Hagiwara, Akiko, The Determinants and Long-Term Projections of Saving Rates in Developing Asia (November 2011). NBER Working Paper No. w17581, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1959768

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