Fiscal consolidation programs and income inequality

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Autor(a) principal: Brinca, Pedro
Data de Publicação: 2021
Outros Autores: Ferreira, Miguel H., Franco, Francesco, Holter, Hans A., Malafry, Laurence
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/106980
Resumo: We document a strong empirical relationship between higher income inequality and stronger recessive impacts of fiscal consolidation episodes across time and space. To explain this finding, we develop a life-cycle economy with uninsurable income risk. We calibrate our model to match key characteristics of several European economies, including inequality and fiscal structures, and study the effects of fiscal consolidation programs. In our model, higher income risk induces precautionary savings behavior, which decreases the proportion of credit-constrained agents in the economy. These agents have less elastic labor supply responses to fiscal consolidations, which explain the correlation with inequality in the data.
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spelling Fiscal consolidation programs and income inequalityEconomics and EconometricsSDG 10 - Reduced InequalitiesWe document a strong empirical relationship between higher income inequality and stronger recessive impacts of fiscal consolidation episodes across time and space. To explain this finding, we develop a life-cycle economy with uninsurable income risk. We calibrate our model to match key characteristics of several European economies, including inequality and fiscal structures, and study the effects of fiscal consolidation programs. In our model, higher income risk induces precautionary savings behavior, which decreases the proportion of credit-constrained agents in the economy. These agents have less elastic labor supply responses to fiscal consolidations, which explain the correlation with inequality in the data.NOVA School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE)RUNBrinca, PedroFerreira, Miguel H.Franco, FrancescoHolter, Hans A.Malafry, Laurence2022-02-27T01:30:55Z2021-022021-02-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/106980eng0020-6598PURE: 20030187https://doi.org/10.1111/iere.12482info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)instname:FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiainstacron:RCAAP2024-05-22T17:48:36Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/106980Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireinfo@rcaap.ptopendoar:https://opendoar.ac.uk/repository/71602025-05-28T17:19:46.221737Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) - FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Fiscal consolidation programs and income inequality
title Fiscal consolidation programs and income inequality
spellingShingle Fiscal consolidation programs and income inequality
Brinca, Pedro
Economics and Econometrics
SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
title_short Fiscal consolidation programs and income inequality
title_full Fiscal consolidation programs and income inequality
title_fullStr Fiscal consolidation programs and income inequality
title_full_unstemmed Fiscal consolidation programs and income inequality
title_sort Fiscal consolidation programs and income inequality
author Brinca, Pedro
author_facet Brinca, Pedro
Ferreira, Miguel H.
Franco, Francesco
Holter, Hans A.
Malafry, Laurence
author_role author
author2 Ferreira, Miguel H.
Franco, Francesco
Holter, Hans A.
Malafry, Laurence
author2_role author
author
author
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv NOVA School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE)
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Brinca, Pedro
Ferreira, Miguel H.
Franco, Francesco
Holter, Hans A.
Malafry, Laurence
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Economics and Econometrics
SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
topic Economics and Econometrics
SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
description We document a strong empirical relationship between higher income inequality and stronger recessive impacts of fiscal consolidation episodes across time and space. To explain this finding, we develop a life-cycle economy with uninsurable income risk. We calibrate our model to match key characteristics of several European economies, including inequality and fiscal structures, and study the effects of fiscal consolidation programs. In our model, higher income risk induces precautionary savings behavior, which decreases the proportion of credit-constrained agents in the economy. These agents have less elastic labor supply responses to fiscal consolidations, which explain the correlation with inequality in the data.
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