Uncertainty in Macroeconomic and Wage Outlooks: An individual-level analysis (Japanese)

Masayuki Morikawa

Discussion Papers (Japanese) from Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

Abstract: This study documents macroeconomic and wage outlooks and their uncertainty during and after the COVID-19 pandemic using original survey data on individuals for the period 2020-2023. The key feature of this study is that it captures uncertainty at the individual-level in the form of subjective confidence intervals for the point forecasts. The result confirms, first, that individual-level subjective uncertainty increased at the same time that the economic outlook deteriorated significantly in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Second, macroeconomic uncertainty has gradually declined, while wage uncertainty increased again in 2023 after a temporary decline in 2021. Third, both macroeconomic and micro-level wage uncertainty are related to observable individual characteristics, with males, individuals over age 50, and those with higher education having greater subjective uncertainty.

Pages: 21 pages
Date: 2024-04
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