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The Finances of European Households Throughout the Pandemic

In: Research on Economic Inequality: Poverty, Inequality and Shocks

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  • Romina Gambacorta
  • Alfonso Rosolia
  • Francesca Zanichelli

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In 2020, household incomes were severely hit by the lockdowns imposed across the world in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Using data from the last available wave of the euro-area harmonized Household Finance and Consumption Survey for 2016, this chapter documents European households’ financial resilience to this shock, based on pre-shock balance sheets, potential exposure to COVID-19, and in the absence of government interventions. The results highlight that there are large and similar shares of the population across European countries that are likely to suffer from the economic fallout of containment measures – albeit through different channels.

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  • Romina Gambacorta & Alfonso Rosolia & Francesca Zanichelli, 2021. "The Finances of European Households Throughout the Pandemic," Research on Economic Inequality, in: Research on Economic Inequality: Poverty, Inequality and Shocks, volume 29, pages 249-267, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:reinzz:s1049-258520210000029011
    DOI: 10.1108/S1049-258520210000029011
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    Keywords

    Poverty; wealth; income inequality; COVID-19; lockdown; shocks; D31; I32;
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    JEL classification:

    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty

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