Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/238461 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
ADBI Working Paper Series No. 1104
Publisher: 
Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Tokyo
Abstract: 
The countercyclical pattern of saving in Thailand in the 1990s and 2000s challenged the prediction of permanent income theory and raised questions about household saving behaviors in the country. Using constructed pseudo-panel data sets from the Thai Household Socioeconomic Surveys from 1992 to 2011, this paper estimates the intensity of the precautionary saving motive, measured by the coefficient of relative prudence of households in Thailand. By using a dynamic pseudo-panel approach to address concerns with regard to individual heterogeneity causing bias in estimation, the estimated relative prudence of Thai households is around 2, which shows a low precautionary saving motive among these households compared to other countries. Estimates based on disaggregation by demographic characteristics show that as a result of the government-assistance policy, older cohorts and those who live in the rural areas show lower prudence. However, female heads of households and those with a high education level exhibit high prudence, indicating the high income uncertainty faced by these groups in the economy.
Subjects: 
precautionary saving
prudence
dynamic pseudo-panel
Thailand
JEL: 
C23
D14
D12
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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