The Distributional Impact of Inflation in South Asia
This paper provides an empirical estimation of the distributional impact of inflation on households in South Asia. Two main channels are explored—the consumption basket channel and the income channel—for households in different income deciles in selected countries in South Asia. Using recent household expenditure surveys, the paper constructs detailed consumption expenditure shares and the effective “cost-of-living” inflation for households of different income levels. The analysis finds that due to a substantially larger share of food expenditure, households in lower income deciles experience higher effective inflation when food prices are high, despite a diversification in consumption expenditure over time. The analysis also suggests heterogeneous effects of inflation through the household income channel.
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| Format: | Working Paper biblioteca |
| Language: | English English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2023-07-26
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| Subjects: | INFLATION, DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECT, INEQUALITY, DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT, FOOD INFLATION, FOOD INFLATION AND INEQUALITY, |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099252107252323691/IDU0968ba3d806bf904c7a0aba6030336dd51449 https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40090 |
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