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note: Inequality and the business cycle: A consumption viewpoint

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  • David S. Johnson

    (Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Bureau of the Census, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Room 3105, Washington, DC 20212, USA)

  • Stephanie Shipp

    (Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Bureau of the Census, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Room 3105, Washington, DC 20212, USA)

Abstract

Using Consumer Expenditure Survey data, we obtain summary measures of the distributions of income and consumption for each quarter between 1980 and 1994. We find that the trends in the distribution of income and consumption and the response of these trends to changes in inflation and unemployment were similar during this period. We find that unemployment does not significantly affect the inequality measures and that inflation has a progressive effect, i.e., that a decrease in inflation is associated with an increase in inequality. Finally, we find that the relationship between inequality and macroeconomic variables during the 1990s may be similar to the relationship that existed prior to 1980.

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  • David S. Johnson & Stephanie Shipp, 1999. "note: Inequality and the business cycle: A consumption viewpoint," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 24(1), pages 173-180.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:empeco:v:24:y:1999:i:1:p:173-180
    Note: received: September 1996/final version received: September 1997
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    1. DiPietro, William R. & Anoruo, Emmanuel & Sawhney, Bansi, 2005. "The Determinants of the Very Highest Income Shares: The Case of France," Review of Applied Economics, Lincoln University, Department of Financial and Business Systems, vol. 1(2), pages 1-16.
    2. Mehmet Balcilar & Shinhye Chang & Rangan Gupta & Stephen M. Miller, 2018. "The relationship between the inflation rate and inequality across U.S. states: a semiparametric approach," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 52(5), pages 2413-2425, September.
    3. Jones, Carol Adaire & Milkove, Daniel & Paszkiewicz, Laura, 2010. "Farm Household Well-Being: Comparing Consumption- and Income-Based Measures," Economic Research Report 58299, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    4. Jones, Carol Adaire & Milkove, Daniel & Paszkiewicz, Laura, 2009. "Measuring Farm Household Well-Being: Comparing Consumption and Income-based Measures," 2009 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, 2009, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 49355, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    5. DiPietro, William R. & Anoruo, Emmanuel & Sawhney, Bansi, 2005. "Macroeconomic Determinants of the Income Shares of the Very Highest Income Groups," Review of Applied Economics, Lincoln University, Department of Financial and Business Systems, vol. 1(1), pages 1-19, June.
    6. Anneli Kaasa, 2005. "Factors Of Income Inequality And Their Influence Mechanisms: A Theoretical Overview," University of Tartu - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Working Paper Series 40, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Tartu (Estonia).

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    Keywords

    Inequality · consumption · inflation · unemployment;

    JEL classification:

    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles

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