Income Inequality and Macroeconomic Volatility: an Empirical Investigation.

Recently there has been a resurgence in the interest in the determinants of income inequality across countries. This paper adds to this literature by examining the role of one further explanatory variable: macroeconomic volatility. Using a cross-section developed and developing countries, we regress income inequality on volatility, defined as the standard deviation of the rate of output growth.

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Year of publication:	1999
Authors:	Breen, R. ; Garcia-Penalosa, C.
Institutions:	Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille (GREQAM), Aix-Marseille School of Economics (AMSE)
Subject:	INCOME \| ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT \| SOCIAL WELFARE

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Series:	G.R.E.Q.A.M..
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	40 pages
Classification:	I30 - Welfare and Poverty. General ; O15 - Human Resources; Income Distribution; Migration
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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