Inequality and the business cycle: evidence from U.S. survey data

We study the effects of macroeconomic shocks on measures of economic inequality obtained from U.S. survey data. To identify aggregate supply, aggregate demand, and monetary policy shocks, we estimate vector autoregressions and impose sign and zero restrictions on impulse response functions. We find...

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Volume:	52
Main Author:	Geiger, Martin Mayer, Eric Scharler, Johann
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Place of publication:	ABINGDON Routledge 02.07.2020 ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
published in:	Applied economics Vol. 52; no. 31; pp. 3418 - 3435
Data of publication:	07/02/2020
ISSN:	0003-6846 1466-4283
EISSN:	1466-4283
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	Macroeconomic Shocks Structural Vector Autoregression Zero and Sign Restrictions Inequality Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences STRUCTURAL VECTOR AUTOREGRESSIONS Macroeconomic Shocks Structural Vector Autoregression Zero and Sign Restrictions MONETARY-POLICY SHOCKS INFERENCE SIGN RESTRICTIONS FRICTIONS Inequality
Online Access:	Fulltext
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index – 2020 Web of Knowledge Web of Science CrossRef Database information Databases - DBIS