The Poor and the Rich: Preferences over Inflation and Unemployment

Marc Hofstetter and Jose Rosas

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2021, vol. 53, issue 4, 875-895

Abstract: What are the tradeoffs that the public is willing to accept between inflation and unemployment? We find that people dislike extra points of unemployment more than extra points of inflation. This is true for both Europe and Latin America. For the latter, the aversion to unemployment relative to inflation is much greater. Moreover, in both regions, the poor's distaste for extra points of unemployment relative to inflation is significantly greater than that of the rich. This result contributes to the literature on the costs of inflation and questions the commonly held view that prescribes strong anti‐inflationary postures as a way to implement policies consistent with the preferences of the poor.

Date: 2021
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