On the causality relationship between demographic changes, economic growth and domestic savings in Vietnam

The study aims to investigate the short run and long run relationships between demographic factors (population growth and the age dependency ratio), economic growth (GDP per capita growth) and domestic savings in Vietnam for the period of 1986 to 2016 using the cointegration and Wald tests. The fi...

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Main Authors: Nguyen, Thi Thu Ha, Lam, Ba Hoa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19791/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19791/1/jeko_522-3.pdf
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description The study aims to investigate the short run and long run relationships between demographic factors (population growth and the age dependency ratio), economic growth (GDP per capita growth) and domestic savings in Vietnam for the period of 1986 to 2016 using the cointegration and Wald tests. The findings revealed that there is a cointegration relationship between domestic savings and demographic and economic variables, while Wald test shows a unique causality trend running from population growth to domestic savings in Vietnam. The policy implications from this study suggest that the Vietnam government should focus on boosting economic growth (GDP per capita growth) through mobilizing its resources, managing fertility level between urban and rural areas and population growth in relation with growth rate of the economy. Moreover, the Vietnam government should take advantage of the golden population structure and limit the effects of the dependency ratio through offering attractive beneficial programs for the elderly and provide opportunities to increase their productivity, and thus spur savings in Vietnam.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:197912022-09-21T06:43:35Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19791/ On the causality relationship between demographic changes, economic growth and domestic savings in Vietnam Nguyen, Thi Thu Ha Lam, Ba Hoa The study aims to investigate the short run and long run relationships between demographic factors (population growth and the age dependency ratio), economic growth (GDP per capita growth) and domestic savings in Vietnam for the period of 1986 to 2016 using the cointegration and Wald tests. The findings revealed that there is a cointegration relationship between domestic savings and demographic and economic variables, while Wald test shows a unique causality trend running from population growth to domestic savings in Vietnam. The policy implications from this study suggest that the Vietnam government should focus on boosting economic growth (GDP per capita growth) through mobilizing its resources, managing fertility level between urban and rural areas and population growth in relation with growth rate of the economy. Moreover, the Vietnam government should take advantage of the golden population structure and limit the effects of the dependency ratio through offering attractive beneficial programs for the elderly and provide opportunities to increase their productivity, and thus spur savings in Vietnam. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19791/1/jeko_522-3.pdf Nguyen, Thi Thu Ha and Lam, Ba Hoa (2018) On the causality relationship between demographic changes, economic growth and domestic savings in Vietnam. Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, 52 (2). pp. 27-38. ISSN 0127-1962 https://www.ukm.my/jem/issue/v52i2/
spellingShingle Nguyen, Thi Thu Ha
Lam, Ba Hoa
On the causality relationship between demographic changes, economic growth and domestic savings in Vietnam
title On the causality relationship between demographic changes, economic growth and domestic savings in Vietnam
title_full On the causality relationship between demographic changes, economic growth and domestic savings in Vietnam
title_fullStr On the causality relationship between demographic changes, economic growth and domestic savings in Vietnam
title_full_unstemmed On the causality relationship between demographic changes, economic growth and domestic savings in Vietnam
title_short On the causality relationship between demographic changes, economic growth and domestic savings in Vietnam
title_sort on the causality relationship between demographic changes, economic growth and domestic savings in vietnam
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19791/
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http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19791/1/jeko_522-3.pdf