Department of Consumer & Family Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University
Corresponding Author:
Seonglim Lee ,Tel: 82-2-760-0521, Email: clothilda@skku.edu
Received: March 31, 2011; Revised: April 6, 2011 Accepted: July 19, 2011.
ABSTRACT
Using the 1987-2008 quarterly aggregated data of the Household Income and Expenditure Survey, this study investigated the factors influencing household saving rate. The independent variables in the AR regression model were the GDP growth rate, shares of the total household expenditure allocated to tax & social insurance, and education, the variables reflecting the conditions of the asset market including interest rate, stock market index, and real estate price index, and the variables representing the social economic conditions including the index of aging and income inequality. Among the independent variables interest rate, stock market index, and income inequality were found to be significantly associated with the household saving rate. These results suggested that the redistribution and financial market policies favorable to savers may be effective for raising the household saving rate.
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