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What we talk about when we talk about saving: Concepts and measures of household saving and their application to South Africa

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  • Anna Orthofer

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South African household savings rates have been declining steadily over the last five decades, from about ten percent of national income to nil or negative levels today. Due to the importance of savings on both the household – and aggregate level, the government has introduced several initiatives to reverse the trend. It is against this background […]

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  • Anna Orthofer, 2015. "What we talk about when we talk about saving: Concepts and measures of household saving and their application to South Africa," Working Papers 530, Economic Research Southern Africa.
    • Handle: RePEc:rza:wpaper:530
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    Keywords

    Banking Regulation; economic growth; Quantitative Methods; Social welfare;
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    JEL classification:

    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • E01 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General - - - Measurement and Data on National Income and Product Accounts and Wealth; Environmental Accounts
    • E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth

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