Will COVID-19 Have Long-Lasting Effects on Inequality? : Evidence from Past Pandemics /

This paper provides evidence on the impact of major epidemics from the past two decades on income distribution. The pandemics in our sample, even though much smaller in scale than COVID-19, have led to increases in the Gini coefficient, raised the income share of higher-income deciles, and lowered t...

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Bibliografski detalji
Glavni autor: Furceri, Davide
Daljnji autori: Loungani, Prakash, Ostry, Jonathan, Pizzuto, Pietro
Format: Žurnal
Jezik:English
Izdano: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2021.
Serija:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2021/127
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Online pristup:Full text available on IMF