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Zooming in: From Aggregate Volatility to Income Distribution

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  • César Calderón and Eduardo Levy Yeyati

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In contrast with a growing literature on the drivers of aggregate volatility in developing countries, its consequences in terms of individual incomes have received less attention. This paper looks at the impact of cyclical output fluctuations and extreme output events (crises) on unemployment, poverty and inequality. We find robust evidence that aggregate volatility has a regressive, asymmetric and non linear impact, as reflected in the strong influence of extreme output drops. Our test shows that, in addition to the mitigating role of personal wealth, public expenditure and labor protection exert a similar benign effect. These findings are in line with the income substitutions view of social safety nets, and cast a new light on the value of social programs and labor market regulation in crisis prone developing countries.

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Paper provided by Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in its series Business School Working Papers with number 2007-03.

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Length: 36 pages
Date of creation: 2007
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Handle: RePEc:udt:wpbsdt:2007-03

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