Quantitative Analysis of the COVID-19 Pandemic Shock to Household Consumption in China
2 作者信息
Lei Ning, Yuqin Wang
Institute for Advanced Research, and Key Laboratory of Mathematical Economics of Ministry of Education, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
链接
http://journal.hep.com.cn/fec/EN/10.3868/s060-011-020-0015-4
http://journal.hep.com.cn/fec/EN/Y2020/V15/I3/355
4 摘要
Abstract: We study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic shock on household consumption in China. Using household survey data, we find that the proportion of liquidity-constrained households increases quickly, but the constraint levels vary across distinct groups. We build a heterogeneous agent life cycle in complete market model to analyze the long-run and short-run effects of the pandemic shock. The quantitative results reveal a slow recovery of consumption due to three reasons: hiking unemployment rate, declining labor productivity,and worsening income stability. The hiking unemployment rate plays the key role in households’ consumption reduction since it simultaneously leads to a negative income effect and upsurging precautionary saving motives. Our paper highlights the importance of maintaining a stable labor market for faster recovery.
新冠肺炎疫情对中国家庭消费冲击的量化分析
宁 磊 王玉琴
上海财经大学高等研究院
摘要:本文研究了新冠疫情对我国家庭消费造成的影响。利用家庭层面的调查数据,经过估算,我们发现在新冠疫情导致的重大冲击的影响下,我国家庭的流动性约束将迅速收紧,而且这主要是低收入家庭流动性迅速大幅收紧的结果。此外,我们还通过不完全市场异质性个体模型分析了新冠疫情对我国家庭部门短期和长期的影响。量化结果显示,我国家庭消费的恢复需经历一个较长的过程,且并不会出现报复性反弹。造成这一结果主要原因则是劳动力市场的持续疲软,这主要表现在三个方面:高企的失业率、持续下降的劳动生产率和持续恶化的收入稳定性。其中,高企的失业率是拖累消费恢复的首要原因,因为这不仅对家庭收入带来负面影响,还会强化家庭的预防性储蓄动机。由此可以看出,提振劳动力市场活力是促进家庭消费的关键所在,对促进国内大循环的尽快形成具有十分积极的意义。
作者简介:
宁 磊: 上海财经大学高等研究院副研究员,研究领域为宏观劳动经济学、家庭金融、宏观健康经济学等。曾在Macroeconomic Dynamics,Frontiers of Economics in China,《财经研究》、《数量经济技术经济研究》等经济学期刊发表学术论文。
王玉琴:上海财经大学高等研究院助理研究员。美国南伊利诺伊大学经济学博士,研究方向为中国经济、公司金融。其合作撰写的政策研究报告曾获得中央有关领导批示,其论文曾发表于Frontiers of Economics in China。