Minimum consumptions requirements: theoretical and quantitative implications for growth and distribution

Satyajit Chatterjee (), B. Ravikumar and B. Ravikumar
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No 97-15, Working Papers from Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Abstract: The authors study the impact of a minimum consumption requirement on the rate of economic growth and the evolution of wealth distribution. The requirement introduces a positive dependence between the intertemporal elasticity of substitution and household wealth. This dependence implies a transition phase during which the growth rate of per-capita quantities rise toward their steady-state values and the distributions of wealth, consumption, and permanent income become more unequal. The authors calibrate the minimum consumption requirement to match estimates available for a sample of Indian villagers and find that these transitional effects are quantitatively significant and depend importantly on the economy's steady-state growth rate. NOTE: This paper refers to figures not currently available with this electronic version. For a hard copy of the figures, call the Research Department's Publications Desk at 215-574-6428 and ask for Working Paper 97-15.

Keywords: Consumption (Economics); Wealth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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Working Paper: Minimum Consumption Requirements: Theoretical and Quantitative Implications for Growth and Distribution (1997)
Journal Article: MINIMUM CONSUMPTION REQUIREMENTS: THEORETICAL AND QUANTITATIVE IMPLICATIONS FOR GROWTH AND DISTRIBUTION (1999)
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