Inflation is the percentage change in the CPI over a given period of time. It is usually calculated over a year (year-on-year inflation) and over a month (month-to-month inflation). Even if prices are not currently rising from month to month, the year-to-year inflation rate could still be...

Inflation is the percentage change in the CPI over a given period of time. It is usually calculated over a year (year-on-year inflation) and over a month (month-to-month inflation). Even if prices are not currently rising from month to month, the year-to-year inflation rate could still be...

Housing rents are one of the most important and difficult elements of spatial cost of living comparisons. Difficulties arise from the lack of sufficiently detailed and harmonized data, especially at the international level. The emergence of Airbnb has created a valuable new source of...

Consumers access foreign goods by purchasing them domestically or shopping abroad. We present new facts on cross-border shopping by Swiss households showing, for example, that prices of identical products are lower in neighboring countries, cross-border shopping shares fall with distance to the...

Although the Ethiopian government is engaged in a process of modernization and making major financial reforms, there remains lack of solid financial tool that could assist market participants in analyzing the agricultural commodity market positions. Similarly, agricultural policy lacks...

Although the Ethiopian government is engaged in a process of modernization and making major financial reforms, there remains lack of solid financial tool that could assist market participants in analyzing the agricultural commodity market positions. Similarly, agricultural policy lacks...

Consumers access foreign goods by purchasing them domestically or shopping abroad. We present new facts on cross-border shopping by Swiss households showing, for example, that prices of identical products are lower in neighboring countries, cross-border shopping shares fall with distance to the...

The period 2021-2023 saw prices rising at historically high rates. Using household scanner data for fast-moving consumer goods, we show that this was accompanied by historically high rates of inflation inequality. We document systematic increases in the relative prices of cheaper product...

The cost of living has shown a gradual upward trend in recent years, which has seriously impacted the quality of life and well-being of residents. This study empirically examines the impact of the digital economy on residents' cost of living and the mechanisms behind it by measuring the digital...

The cost of living has shown a gradual upward trend in recent years, which has seriously impacted the quality of life and well-being of residents. This study empirically examines the impact of the digital economy on residents' cost of living and the mechanisms behind it by measuring the digital...

1. Introduction: Setting the Stage -- 2. The Influx Unveiled: Demographics, Impact, and Initial Responses to the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Lebanon -- 3. Economic Shifts and Shocks: Evaluating GDP and Sectoral Impacts of the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Lebanon -- 4. Labour Market Dynamics and...

Der Inflationsmessung kommt in der derzeitigen Coronakrise mit ihren enormen Auswirkungen auf Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft große Bedeutung zu. Dies legt auch der Beitrag "Theoretische und praktische Ansätze der Inflationsmessung in Zeiten der Corona-Pandemie" in dieser WISTA-Ausgabe dar. Die...

Der Inflationsmessung kommt in der derzeitigen Coronakrise mit ihren enormen Auswirkungen auf Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft große Bedeutung zu. Dies legt auch der Beitrag "Theoretische und praktische Ansätze der Inflationsmessung in Zeiten der Corona-Pandemie" in dieser WISTA-Ausgabe dar. Die...

In this paper, we estimate nominal and real (in temporal and spatial terms) urban wage premia (UWP) in Italy, with its economy characterized by the interplay between collective wage bargaining and spatial heterogeneity in the cost of living. Our dataset for the 2005- 2015 period includes, for...

In this paper, we estimate nominal and real (in temporal and spatial terms) urban wage premia (UWP) in Italy, with its economy characterized by the interplay between collective wage bargaining and spatial heterogeneity in the cost of living. Our dataset for the 2005- 2015 period includes, for...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: An Agricultural Household Model with Tariffs -- Chapter 3: Data and Estimation -- Chapter 4: Income Gains and Inequality Costs -- Chapter 5: The Trade-Off -- Chapter 6: Alternative Models -- Chapter 7: HIT: Household Impacts of Trade -- Chapter 8:...