Saving and economic shocks in rural Pakistan

@article{citeulike:818513, abstract = {This paper adapts the recent methodology of Paxson to study saving rates in rural Pakistan. Particular attention is paid to differences in marginal rates of financial and physical saving and how these vary across income groups and by direction of income shocks. Households exhibit more difficulty in smoothing consumption after successive shocks than with a single shock. The study also observes marginal rates of saving out of international remittances, and lump sum pensions. Unlike domestic remittances, international remittances appear to be treated much as transitory income shocks.}, author = {Alderman, Harold }, citeulike-article-id = {818513}, comment = {pakistan }, doi = {10.1016/S0304-3878(96)00419-1}, journal = {Journal of Development Economics}, keywords = {benforddata}, month = {December}, number = {2}, pages = {343--365}, posted-at = {2006-08-27 00:08:50}, priority = {2}, title = {Saving and economic shocks in rural Pakistan}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0304-3878(96)00419-1}, volume = {51}, year = {1996} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:818513 L3 - citeulike-article-id:818513 TI - Saving and economic shocks in rural Pakistan JF - Journal of Development Economics VL - 51 IS - 2 SP - 343 EP - 365 N2 - This paper adapts the recent methodology of Paxson to study saving rates in rural Pakistan. Particular attention is paid to differences in marginal rates of financial and physical saving and how these vary across income groups and by direction of income shocks. Households exhibit more difficulty in smoothing consumption after successive shocks than with a single shock. The study also observes marginal rates of saving out of international remittances, and lump sum pensions. Unlike domestic remittances, international remittances appear to be treated much as transitory income shocks. KW - benforddata N1 - pakistan AU - Alderman, Harold PY - 1996/12// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0304-3878(96)00419-1 ER -