Research Discussion Paper – RDP 2014-03 Household Saving in Australia

Contents

• Introduction
• Data
• Cross-sectional Analysis
• Time Series Analysis
• Conclusion
• Appendix A: A Simple Model of Age, Cohort and Time Effects
• Appendix B: Auxiliary Regressions
• Appendix C: Variable Definitions
• Appendix D: Quantile Decomposition
• References

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The authors would like to thank Alex Heath, Jonathan Kearns, Christopher Kent, Gianni La Cava and Peter Tulip for helpful comments. Any errors are our own.