Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/312775 
Title (translated): 
Inequality of subjective economic uncertainty and individual economic prospects in the pandemic period
Year of Publication: 
2024
Citation: 
[Journal:] Revista de Métodos Cuantitativos para la Economía y la Empresa [ISSN:] 1886-516X [Volume:] 37 [Year:] 2024 [Pages:] 1-18
Publisher: 
Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla
Abstract (Translated): 
This article studies which factors influence the appearance of subjective economic uncertainty and what are the economic expectations of individuals. The impact of the pandemic on the household economy and the subjective uncertainty based on a set of socioeconomic factors that cannot be observed in macroeconomic studies on uncertainty are analyzed. We use data from a survey conducted in October 2021 taking a representative sample of Catalonia (Spain). The results suggest that individuals in households with greater saving capacity are those who express less uncertainty regarding their future economic situation and women show greater future uncertainty than men. This study finds evidence that there is an association between age and economic expectations, with older people being the most pessimistic. However, age is not associated with a greater presence of subjective uncertainty, so we can conclude that there has not been a deterioration of confidence in the elderly.
Subjects: 
Economic behavior
expectations
survey
pandemic
inequality
JEL: 
C83
D14
D31
G41
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Article

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