. . "Bevölkerungsstruktur" . . "Wettbewerb" . . "Geschlecht" . . "1990-2007" . . "Vermögensbildung" . . "Sparen" . . "The Competitive Saving Motive Evidence from Rising Sex Ratios and Savings Rates in China" . "The competitive saving motive evidence from rising sex ratios and savings rates in China"@en . . "The competitive saving motive: evidence from rising sex ratios and savings rates in China" . "The Competitive Saving Motive Evidence from Rising Sex Ratios and Savings Rates in China"@en . "While the high savings rate in China has global impact, existing explanations are incomplete. This paper proposes a competitive saving motive as a new explanation: as the country experiences a rising sex ratio imbalance, the increased competition in the marriage market has induced the Chinese, especially parents with a son, to postpone consumption in favor of wealth accumulation. The pressure on savings spills over to other households through higher costs of house purchases. Both cross-regional and household-level evidence supports this hypothesis. This factor can potentially account for about half of the actual increase in the household savings rate during 1990-2007." . "While the high savings rate in China has global impact, existing explanations are incomplete. This paper proposes a competitive saving motive as a new explanation: as the country experiences a rising sex ratio imbalance, the increased competition in the marriage market has induced the Chinese, especially parents with a son, to postpone consumption in favor of wealth accumulation. The pressure on savings spills over to other households through higher costs of house purchases. Both cross-regional and household-level evidence supports this hypothesis. This factor can potentially account for about half of the actual increase in the household savings rate during 1990-2007."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Competitive saving motive" . . "The Competitive Saving Motive : Evidence from Rising Sex Ratios and Savings Rates in China" . . . . . "The competitive saving motive : evidence from rising sex ratios and savings rates in China" . "The competitive saving motive : evidence from rising sex ratios and savings rates in China"@en . . . . . . . . "Ehe" . . "China" . .