
Inflation and Income Inequality : Is Food Inflation Different? »
Journal Issue
Volume/Issue: 2012/147
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): James Walsh , and Jiangyan Yu
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 June 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475504163.001
ISBN: 9781475504163
Keywords: core inflation, monetary fund, central bank, monetary policy, high inflation, Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions, Urban, Rural
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 stran...