Abstract

CRUZ NETO, Claudiano Carneiro; SILVA, Carlos Eduardo Menezes  and  SANTOS, Roberta Teodoro. The COVID-19 pandemic and personal spending on protection in Brazil. Inv. Econ [online]. 2021, vol.80, n.318, pp.149-171.  Epub Nov 30, 2021. ISSN 0185-1667.  https://doi.org/10.22201/fe.01851667p.2021.318.77246.

The two main questions addressed in this study are: What are the key drivers to spending on personal protective equipment (PPE) attributable to SARS-COV-2 risks? What are the welfare consequences of SARS-COV-2-induced changes in expenditures of personal individuals? We carried out an online survey conducted on internet and social media networks. We observed that the respondents most likely to spend a higher fraction of income on PPE expenditures are the ones who know someone who died from SARS-COV-2 and the ones who are married. Male respondents are less likely to purchase PPE. Individuals who can afford private health insurance are more likely to spend a higher proportion of income on PPE expenditures than others. Therefore, the higher the income and the number of deaths by SARS-COV-2 locally, the greater the amount spent with such purchases. The presence of children or other persons who need care in the respondent’s household affects positively as well.

Keywords : SARS-CoV; protection behaviour; health care expenditures.

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