Inflation and income inequality : is food inflation different / prepared by James P. Walsh and Jiangyan Yu.

There 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 in...

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Main Authors: Walsh, James P. (James Patrick), 1972- (Author), Yu, Jiangyan (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, ©2012.
Series:IMF working paper ; WP/12/147.
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