Do RESPs increase household saving?
Authors: Dwayne Benjamin and Michael Smart
Overview
Abstract (English)
This paper estimates the degree to which the Canadian RESP (Registered Education Savings Plan) program increases overall household saving. We use the 1999 and 2005 Surveys of financial Security, and exploit the interaction between program rules and the age and number of children in a household, to identify the crowd-out effect of RESPs.
Abstract (French)
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Details
Type | Working paper (online) |
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Author | Dwayne Benjamin and Michael Smart |
Publication Year | 2011 |
Title | Do RESPs increase household saving? |
Series | University of Toronto Department of Economics Working Paper |
City | Toronto, ON |
Publication Language | English |
- Dwayne Benjamin
- Working paper (online)
- Do RESPs increase household saving?
- Dwayne Benjamin and Michael Smart
- University of Toronto Department of Economics Working Paper
- 2011