The relationship between the inflation rate and inequality across U.S. states: a semiparametric approach

Mehmet Balcilar, Shinhye Chang (), Rangan Gupta and Stephen Miller
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Shinhye Chang: University of Pretoria

Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, 2018, vol. 52, issue 5, No 27, 2413-2425

Abstract: Abstract This paper uses a cross-state panel for the United States over the 1976–2007 period to assess the relationship between income inequality and the inflation rate. Employing a semiparametric instrument variable (IV) estimator, we find that the relationship depends on the level of the inflation rate. A positive relationship occurs only if the states exceed a threshold level of inflation rate. Below this value, inflation rate lowers income inequality. The results suggest that a nonlinear relationship exists between income inequality and the inflation rate.

Keywords: Income inequality; Inflation rate; Semiparametric instrumental variable estimation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C14 D31 E31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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