Sex and education affect inflation perceptions

Inflation perceptions are significantly related to consumers' socio-demographic characteristics, research published by the Bank of Italy finds.

Women report, on average, an inflation rate that is almost twice as high as that indicated by men. A similar gap in perception was found between individuals that completed their high school education and the rest. These differences are not explained by a different composition of the respective consumption bundles.

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