Organisation of households: Aging, savings and financialisation

Organisation of households: Aging, savings and financialisation Phuah Eng Chye (21 April 2018) Policy incoherence tends to increase with the aging of an economy. Specifically, as the number of retirees increase, policy focuses on incentivising savings to ensure individuals can accumulate sufficient savings for their retirement. But at the macro level, the challenge is the … “Organisation of households: Aging, savings and financialisation”

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Organisation of households: Aging and financial cycles

Organisation of households: Aging and financial cycles Phuah Eng Chye (14 April 2018) It is unsurprising that there is a close relationship between aging and long-term financial cycles as a highly developed financial system is a prerequisite to achieving affluence. As economies become affluent and aging more pronounced, economic maturity sets in and sets off … “Organisation of households: Aging and financial cycles”

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Organisation of households: Aging, depopulation and welfare costs

Organisation of households: Aging, depopulation and welfare costs Phuah Eng Chye (7 April 2018) In his report on “Future welfare and the ageing population”, Mårten Blix highlights that while much of the attention is focused on challenges from a rise in the dependency ratio, challenges arising from population movement from rural to urban areas and … “Organisation of households: Aging, depopulation and welfare costs”

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