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Inflation and income inequality : is food inflation different /
There is an extensive literature noting that high inflation can add to income inequality, and a parallel literature assessing the effect of rising food prices on the poor. This paper attempts to combine these strands by dividing inflation into food and nonfood inflation and assessing whether food in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Washington, D.C.] :
International Monetary Fund,
©2012.
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| Colección: | IMF working paper ;
WP/12/147. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; I. Introduction and Background; II. Stylized Facts; A. Inflation and Macroeconomic Data; B. Inequality Data; Figures; Figure 1: Cross Country: GDP Per Capita and Change of Gini, 2000-2010; Figure 2: Cross Country: Food Inflation and Change of Gini, 2000-2010; Figure 3: Cross Country: Non-food Inflation and Change of Gini, 2000-2010; C. China; Figure 4. China: Provincial GDP Per Capita and Change of Inequality, 2000-2005; Figure 5. China: Food Inflation and Change of Theil Index, 2000-2005; D. India; E. Other Data.
- Figure 6. China: Non-food Inflation and Change of Theil Index, 2000-2005Figure 7. India: Inequality and GDP per capita by State; Figure 8. Per capita GDP growth and change in GINI; III. Methodology; IV. Results; A. International Sample; B. China; C. India; V. Conclusion; Tables; 1. International Sample: Headline Inflation; 2. International Sample: Food and Nonfood CPI; 3. China: Headline Inflation; 4. China: Food and Nonfood CPI; 5. India: Headline CPI, Rural Areas; 6. India: Headline CPI, Urban Areas; 7. India: Food and Nonfood CPI, Rural Areas; 8. India: Food and Nonfood CPI, Urban Areas.