Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/46096 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5465
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In this paper, we define The Chinese Saving Puzzle as the persistently high national saving rate at 34-53 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in the past three decades and a surge in the saving rate by 11 percentage points from 2000-2008. Using data from the Flow of Funds Accounts (FFA) and Urban Household Surveys (UHS) supplemented by the findings from existing studies, we analyze the sources and causes of China's high and rising saving rates in the government, corporate, and household sectors. Although the causes of China's high saving are complex, we suggest that the evolving economic, demographic, and policy trends in the internal and external environments of the Chinese economy will likely lead to a decline in national saving in the foreseeable future.
Subjects: 
aggregate saving
international comparison
household behavior
demographic structure
China
JEL: 
D91
E21
J10
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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