Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/148202 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
ISER Discussion Paper No. 975
Publisher: 
Osaka University, Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), Osaka
Abstract: 
This paper estimates a household saving rate equation for India and Korea using long-term time series data for the 1975-2010 period, focusing in particular on the impact of the pre-marital sex ratio on the household saving rate. To summarize the main findings of the paper, it finds that the pre-marital sex (or gender) ratio (the ratio of males to females) has a significant impact on the household saving rate in both India and Korea, even after controlling for the usual suspects such as the aged and youth dependency ratios and income. It has a negative impact in India, where the bride's side has to pay substantial dowries to the groom's side at marriage, but a positive impact in Korea, where, as in China, the groom's side has to bear a disproportionate share of marriage-related expenses including purchasing a house or condominium for the newlywed couple.
Subjects: 
Age structure of the population
competitive saving motive
dowries
gender ratio
household saving rate
life cycle hypothesis
marriage expenses
pre-marital sex ratio
population control
saving for education
saving for marriage
saving rate
sex ratio
son preference
wedding expenses
Korea
India
JEL: 
D12
D14
D91
E21
J11
J12
O16
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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