Inflation and income inequality in a Schumpeterian economy with menu costs

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2020
Volume: 186
Issue: C

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

This study incorporates heterogeneous households into a monetary Schumpeterian growth model via menu costs to explore the effect of inflation on income inequality. The source of income inequality stems from the unequal distribution across households’ assets. Given that households face the same wage rate, inflation that leads to a monotonically decreasing effect on economic growth helps mitigate income inequality by weakening the contribution of asset income relative to wage income.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:186:y:2020:i:c:s0165176519302496
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-29