Unemployment, Inflation and Income Distribution: A Cross- country Analysis
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This is the first study to attempt to explain income inequality using unemployment and inflation and international cross-sectional data. Using a SURE system, inflation is found to have an increasing impact on the shares of the lower 80% of the income distribution, while reducing the share of the highest 20%. Unemployment has a negative effect on the share of the first 40%, while increases the share of the highest 60%. When unemployment and inflation are controlled for, the level of inequality is significantly lower in developed countries.
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volume 8 issue 9
pages 1- 11
publication date 2003-07-01
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