The Impact of Demographic Dynamics on Household Saving in Pre-COVID-19 South Africa

This paper examines the effect of demographic dynamics on household saving in pre-COVID-19 South Africa, across all nine provinces of South Africa. The study used panel autoregressive distributed lag (PARDL) and Dumitrescu-Hurlin panel causality methods. The results revealed a longrun relationship...

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Main Authors: Afamefuna Emmanuel Nwogbo, Joel Hinaunye Eita, Sivan Chetty
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Language:English
Published: University of Primorska 2025-06-01
Series:Managing Global Transitions
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Online Access:https://ojs.upr.si/index.php/fm/article/view/216
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description This paper examines the effect of demographic dynamics on household saving in pre-COVID-19 South Africa, across all nine provinces of South Africa. The study used panel autoregressive distributed lag (PARDL) and Dumitrescu-Hurlin panel causality methods. The results revealed a longrun relationship between demographic dynamics and household saving in South Africa, showing that the White working age population had a significant effect on South Africa’s household saving in both the long-run and short-run, while the Black and Coloured working age population groups significantly impacted household saving only in the long-run. However, the Asian/Indian working age population had no effect on household saving in either the long run or short run. The Dumitrescu-Hurlin panel causality analysis revealed a bidirectional causality running between Asian/Indian, Black, and Coloured population groups and household saving, while a unidirectional causality was found running from the White population group to household saving.
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spelling doaj-art-e31648f77c6f4a61ab8ab38ed5d548832025-08-20T03:28:00ZengUniversity of PrimorskaManaging Global Transitions1854-69352025-06-0123210.26493/1854-6935.23.121-146The Impact of Demographic Dynamics on Household Saving in Pre-COVID-19 South AfricaAfamefuna Emmanuel Nwogbo0Joel Hinaunye Eita1Sivan Chetty2University of JohannesburgUniversity of JohannesburgUniversity of Johannesburg This paper examines the effect of demographic dynamics on household saving in pre-COVID-19 South Africa, across all nine provinces of South Africa. The study used panel autoregressive distributed lag (PARDL) and Dumitrescu-Hurlin panel causality methods. The results revealed a longrun relationship between demographic dynamics and household saving in South Africa, showing that the White working age population had a significant effect on South Africa’s household saving in both the long-run and short-run, while the Black and Coloured working age population groups significantly impacted household saving only in the long-run. However, the Asian/Indian working age population had no effect on household saving in either the long run or short run. The Dumitrescu-Hurlin panel causality analysis revealed a bidirectional causality running between Asian/Indian, Black, and Coloured population groups and household saving, while a unidirectional causality was found running from the White population group to household saving. https://ojs.upr.si/index.php/fm/article/view/216demographicsworking age populationaged/elderly populationlife-cycle hypothesishousehold savingpanel ARDL
spellingShingle Afamefuna Emmanuel Nwogbo
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The Impact of Demographic Dynamics on Household Saving in Pre-COVID-19 South Africa
Managing Global Transitions
demographics
working age population
aged/elderly population
life-cycle hypothesis
household saving
panel ARDL
title The Impact of Demographic Dynamics on Household Saving in Pre-COVID-19 South Africa
title_full The Impact of Demographic Dynamics on Household Saving in Pre-COVID-19 South Africa
title_fullStr The Impact of Demographic Dynamics on Household Saving in Pre-COVID-19 South Africa
title_full_unstemmed The Impact of Demographic Dynamics on Household Saving in Pre-COVID-19 South Africa
title_short The Impact of Demographic Dynamics on Household Saving in Pre-COVID-19 South Africa
title_sort impact of demographic dynamics on household saving in pre covid 19 south africa
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working age population
aged/elderly population
life-cycle hypothesis
household saving
panel ARDL
url https://ojs.upr.si/index.php/fm/article/view/216
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