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Les hauts revenus épargnent‑ils davantage ?

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  • Bertrand Garbinti

    (PSE - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École des Ponts ParisTech - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, CREST - Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique - ENSAI - Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Analyse de l'Information [Bruz] - X - École polytechnique - ENSAE Paris - École Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Économique - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, PSE - Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École des Ponts ParisTech - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Pierre Lamarche

    (BCE - Banque Centrale Européenne - BCE)

Abstract

[fre] Existe-t-il des différences de taux d’épargne en fonction des revenus ? Cette interrogation est au coeur de nombreuses questions de politiques publiques : les taxes sur la consommation sont-elles régressives ? Quel est l’effet d’une hausse d’impôt pour les hauts revenus ? Faut-il subventionner l’épargne-retraite ? L’observation des taux d’épargne en fonction des revenus courants laisse apparaître un lien positif. Néanmoins, l’épargne peut être une décision de long terme qui ne dépend pas que du revenu courant : si les ménages anticipent une baisse de revenu, ils tendent à «lisser » leur consommation et, en cas de revenu exceptionnellement élevé, ils peuvent ajuster leur épargne à la hausse. Le vrai comportement d’épargne doit donc plutôt s’étudier en fonction du revenu permanent, celui-ci étant défini comme le revenu qui correspond au flux actualisé de ressources que le ménage s’attend à percevoir sur une longue période, corrigé de ses fluctuations transitoires. . À partir de l’enquête Patrimoine 2010 nous étudions le lien entre épargne et les deux concepts de revenu, courant et permanent, grâce à différentes approches pour l’estimation de ce dernier. Jusqu’à présent les cinq approches différentes que nous employons n’ont jamais été utilisées conjointement. Ceci permet de comparer les résultats obtenus et leur sensibilité aux méthodes d’estimation. Tous nos résultats suggèrent que le taux d’épargne est significativement plus élevé pour les ménages aux revenus les plus hauts, quelle que soit la définition de ce revenu.
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  • Bertrand Garbinti & Pierre Lamarche, 2014. "Les hauts revenus épargnent‑ils davantage ?," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) halshs-01510303, HAL.
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