A Comparison of Saving Rates: Microdata Evidence from Seventeen Latin American and
            Caribbean Countries

Gandelman, Néstor

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“…Gandelman (2016) analyzed micro data on expenditure and income for 16 Latin American and Caribbean countries and reported stylized facts of saving behavior by age, education, income and place of residence. Using the United States and Korea as benchmark economies, Gandelman (2016) found that differences in national saving rates between Latin American and Caribbean countries and benchmark economies can mainly be attributed to differences in saving behavior across demographic groups, and to a lesser extent to differences in population distribution by education levels. Other demographic or income distribution differences are not quantitatively important as explanations of differences in aggregate saving rates.…”

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Wealth in Latin America: Evidence from Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay

Gandelman

Lluberas

2023

Review of Income and Wealth

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Drawing on recently‐available microdata from financial surveys, this paper presents harmonized indicators for household wealth, its components, and its determinants in four Latin American countries (Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay), using Spain as a comparison benchmark. The paper analyzes the relationship between wealth indicators and sociodemographic characteristics of household heads (age, education, gender, marital status). For Uruguay, we are also able to analyze wealth patterns and intergenerational mobility (inheritance, family businesses and parental education).

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Wealth in Latin America: Evidence from Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay

Gandelman

Lluberas

2023

Review of Income and Wealth

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Do the rich save more in Latin America?

Gandelman

2017

J Econ Inequal

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The Impact of the Covid Pandemic Public Policies in Chile on Consumption

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2023

Economía

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A Comparison of Saving Rates: Microdata Evidence from Seventeen Latin American and Caribbean Countries

Cited by 3 publications

References 23 publications

Wealth in Latin America: Evidence from Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay

Wealth in Latin America: Evidence from Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay

Do the rich save more in Latin America?

The Impact of the Covid Pandemic Public Policies in Chile on Consumption

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