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Nonlinear micro income processes with macro shocks

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  • Manuel Arellano

    (Institute for Fiscal Studies)

  • Richard Blundell

    (Institute for Fiscal Studies)

  • Stéphane Bonhomme

    (Institute for Fiscal Studies)

  • Martín Almuzara

    (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)

Abstract

We propose a nonlinear framework to study the dynamic transmission of aggregate and idiosyncratic shocks to household income that exploits both macro and micro data. Our approach allows us to examine empirically the following questions: (a) How do business-cycle fluctuations modulate the persistence of heterogeneous individual histories and the risk faced by households? (b) How do aggregate and idiosyncratic shocks propagate over time for households in different macro and micro states? (c) How do these shocks shape the cost of business-cycle risk? We develop new identification and estimation techniques, and provide a detailed empirical analysis combining macro time series for the U.S. and a time series of household panels from the PSID.
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  • Manuel Arellano & Richard Blundell & Stéphane Bonhomme & Martín Almuzara, 2025. "Nonlinear micro income processes with macro shocks," IFS Working Papers WCWP17/25, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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    1. Arellano, Manuel & Blundell, Richard & Bonhomme, Stéphane & Light, Jack, 2024. "Heterogeneity of consumption responses to income shocks in the presence of nonlinear persistence," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 240(2).
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    4. Manuel Arellano & Stéphane Bonhomme, 2016. "Nonlinear panel data estimation via quantile regressions," Econometrics Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 19(3), pages 61-94, October.
    5. Christian Bayer & Ralph Luetticke, 2020. "Solving discrete time heterogeneous agent models with aggregate risk and many idiosyncratic states by perturbation," Quantitative Economics, Econometric Society, vol. 11(4), pages 1253-1288, November.
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