Demand Composition and Income Distribution /

This paper highlights how changes in the composition of demand affect income dispersion in the short run. We first document how the share of aggregate spending dedicated to labour-intensive goods and services shrinks (expands) during downturns (booms), and argue that this contributes to the observed...

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Autor principal: Pothier, David
Altres autors: Puy, Damien
Format: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicat: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2014.
Col·lecció:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2014/224
Accés en línia:Full text available on IMF