Monetary policy and wealth inequality over the great recession in the UK. An empirical analysis

Haroon Mumtaz and Angeliki Theophilopoulou

European Economic Review, 2020, vol. 130, issue C

Abstract: We use detailed micro information at household level from the Wealth and Assets Survey to construct measures of wealth inequality from 2006 to 2018 at the monthly frequency. We investigate the dynamic relationship between monetary policy and the evolution of wealth inequality measures. Our findings suggest that expansionary monetary policy shocks lead to an increase in wealth inequality and contributed significantly to its fluctuations. This effect is heterogenous across the wealth distribution with the monetary shock affecting the median household relative to the 10th and 20th percentile by a larger amount than the right tail. Our results suggest that the shock is transmitted through changes in net property and financial wealth.

Keywords: Inequality; Wealth; FAVAR; Monetary policy shocks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 E21 E44 E52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2020.103598

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