Analysis of Indonesia’s Propensity to Consume Before and During the Pandemic
Date
2024-05-09Author
Fadlli, Muhammad Dzul
Gunawan, Muhammad Indra
Anggriawan, Robby
Silvida, Fitra Ria
Satarudin, Satarudin
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Purpose - The pandemic has hit the country's economic conditions, one of which has
affected people's consumption patterns. This study aims to find out and analyze
Indonesia’s consumption pattern by looking for how much the marginal propensity to
consume (MPC) of the Indonesian people before and during/after the pandemic and
to compare their consumption tendencies.
Method - The method used in this study is a quantitative method both descriptive and
comparative. The use of descriptive quantitative methods to determine and analyze
MPC. Meanwhile, to find out the comparison of consumption before the pandemic and
at that time used Paired t-test Wilcoxon. This study analyzes Indonesia's consumption
by cross-section data from 34 provinces.
Result/Findings - The result descriptive analysis showed that the propensity to
consume before the pandemic was about higher than during the pandemic. Wilcoxon
test showed that there is a difference in the propensity to consume before the
pandemic and during the pandemic. This research indicates that has been decreasing
in the propensity to consume during the pandemic.