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Household spending responses to two-time COVID-19 payments

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Japanese government provided special cash payments (SCPs) multiple times. This study aims to estimate the marginal propensity to spend, a proxy for the marginal propensity to consume (MPC), to these income shocks using detailed bank transaction data. Our findings indicate that the MPC is stable at around 0.2 for both the first wave of SCPs launched in mid-2020 and the second wave of SCPs provided from the end of 2021 to the beginning of 2022. The MPC tends to increase as individuals become less wealthy, more liquidity constrained, or the number of family members is larger.

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  • Ueda, Kozo, 2024. "Household spending responses to two-time COVID-19 payments," Japan and the World Economy, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:japwor:v:72:y:2024:i:c:s0922142524000458
    DOI: 10.1016/j.japwor.2024.101282
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    Keywords

    Marginal propensity to consume; Special cash payment program; Heterogeneity;
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    JEL classification:

    • D14 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Saving; Personal Finance
    • E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
    • E41 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Demand for Money

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