The Rise in Inequality after Pandemics : Can Fiscal Support Play a Mitigating Role? /

Major epidemics of the last two decades (SARS, H1N1, MERS, Ebola and Zika) have been followed by increases in inequality (Furceri, Loungani, Ostry and Pizzuto, 2020). In this paper, we show that the extent of fiscal consolidation in the years following the onset of these pandemics has played an impo...

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Main Author: Furceri, Davide
Other Authors: Loungani, Prakash, Ostry, Jonathan, Pizzuto, Pietro
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2021.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2021/120
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Online Access:Full text available on IMF

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