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Inflation and the Poor

Using polling data for 31,869 households in 38 countries, and allowing for country effects, the authors show that the poor are more likely than the rich to mention inflation as a top national concern. This result survives several robustness checks....

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Main Authors: Easterly, William, Fischer, Stanley
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ACTUAL RATE OF INFLATION
AVERAGE INFLATION
AVERAGE PERCENT INFLATION
BONDS
BUYING POWER
CHANGE IN INFLATION
CPI
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMISTS
EFFECT OF INFLATION
EFFECTS OF INFLATION
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GINI COEFFICIENT
GROWTH RATE
HIGH INFLATION
HUMAN CAPITAL
HYPERINFLATION
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCREASE IN INFLATION
INDEXATION
INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIES
INFLATION
INFLATION ACROSS COUNTRIES
INFLATION AFFECT
INFLATION AVERSION
INFLATION BY INDEXATION
INFLATION CONCERNS
INFLATION IN CROSS-COUNTRY DATA
INFLATION PREFERENCES
INFLATION RATE
INFLATION RATES
INFLATION RESPONSE
INFLATION STABILIZATION
INFLATION TAX
INFLATION TAX RATE
INFLATION TAX RATE DOES
INFLATION TAX RATE TRANSFORMATION
LOW INFLATION
LOWER INFLATION
MACROECONOMIC POLICIES
MACROECONOMICS
MODEST INFLATION RATE
MODEST RECENT INFLATION
NATIONAL AVERAGES OF INFLATION AVERSION
NEGATIVE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN INFLATION
PER CAPITA
PERCENT INFLATION
PERCENT INFLATION RATE
POVERTY LINE
PRICE LEVEL
QUADRUPLE-DIGIT INFLATION
REAL GDP
REAL WAGES
RECESSIONS
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
RELATIVE EFFECTS OF INFLATION
RISING INFLATION
STANDARD OF LIVING
TAXATION
UNEMPLOYMENT
VALUE OF MONEY
WAGES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/05/437689/inflation-poor
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18842

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/05/437689/inflation-poor
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18842

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