ID - 131772463 TI - Life-cycle savings and public policy : a cross-national study of six countries AU - Börsch-Supan, Axel AU - Börsch-Supan, Axel PY - 2003 SN - 9780121098919 0121098915 9781429495080 1429495081 0080510175 9780080510170 1281024066 9781281024060 9786611024062 6611024069 PB - Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, DB - UniCat KW - Sociology of culture KW - Saving and investment KW - Pensions UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131772463 AB - The key to understanding household saving is obtaining appropriate data. Dealing with differences between rich and poor households, for example, or the old and the young, require observation of a large number of households. The focus of this study is to obtain data on many households from a number of different countries and to examine them in a coherent fashion. The hope is that through these observations we can learn about the ways policies affect savings and that other differences among savers can be controlled for, instead of being blamed on ""cultural differences* Features a consi ER -