03588nam 2200637Ia 450 991045261880332120200520144314.01-4755-7529-71-4755-3330-6(CKB)2550000000107537(EBL)1606778(SSID)ssj0000940768(PQKBManifestationID)11494011(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000940768(PQKBWorkID)10955893(PQKB)10694283(MiAaPQ)EBC1606778(Au-PeEL)EBL1606778(CaPaEBR)ebr10579623(OCoLC)870245005(EXLCZ)99255000000010753720111102d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrInflation and income inequality[electronic resource] is food inflation different? /James P. Walsh and Jiangyan YuWashington, D.C. International Monetary Fundc20121 online resource (23 p.)IMF working paper ;12/147Description based upon print version of record.1-4755-3790-5 1-4755-0416-0 Includes bibliographical references.Cover; Contents; I. Introduction and Background; II. Stylized Facts; A. Inflation and Macroeconomic Data; B. Inequality Data; Figures; Figure 1: Cross Country: GDP Per Capita and Change of Gini, 2000-2010; Figure 2: Cross Country: Food Inflation and Change of Gini, 2000-2010; Figure 3: Cross Country: Non-food Inflation and Change of Gini, 2000-2010; C. China; Figure 4. China: Provincial GDP Per Capita and Change of Inequality, 2000-2005; Figure 5. China: Food Inflation and Change of Theil Index, 2000-2005; D. India; E. Other DataFigure 6. China: Non-food Inflation and Change of Theil Index, 2000-2005Figure 7. India: Inequality and GDP per capita by State; Figure 8. Per capita GDP growth and change in GINI; III. Methodology; IV. Results; A. International Sample; B. China; C. India; V. Conclusion; Tables; 1. International Sample: Headline Inflation; 2. International Sample: Food and Nonfood CPI; 3. China: Headline Inflation; 4. China: Food and Nonfood CPI; 5. India: Headline CPI, Rural Areas; 6. India: Headline CPI, Urban Areas; 7. India: Food and Nonfood CPI, Rural Areas; 8. India: Food and Nonfood CPI, Urban AreasReferencesThere is an extensive literature noting that high inflation can add to income inequality, and a parallel literature assessing the effect of rising food prices on the poor. This paper attempts to combine these strands by dividing inflation into food and nonfood inflation and assessing whether food inflation affects income inequality differently from nonfood inflation. In an international sample and a sample of Chinese provinces, nonfood inflation exacerbates income inequality while the role of food inflation is more mixed. In a sample of Indian states broken down into urban and rural areas, we IMF working paper ;12/147.Food pricesIncome distributionInflation (Finance)Electronic books.Food prices.Income distribution.Inflation (Finance)Walsh James P870294Yu Jiangyan870295MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452618803321Inflation and income inequality1942895UNINA