Losers amongst the Losers:

IF 1.2 Q3 ECONOMICS

Research in Economics Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI:10.1016/j.rie.2022.12.002

Alessandro Ferrari

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Abstract

This paper studies the effect of deep recessions on intergenerational inequality by quantifying the welfare effects on households at different phases of the life cycle. Deep recessionary episodes are characterized by large declines in the prices of real and financial assets and in employment. The former levies high welfare costs on older households who own financial wealth, the latter determines labour income losses and destroys the human capital of younger cohorts, lowering their productivity. The paper extends previous analyses in the literature by including permanent labour income losses in an OLG model calibrated to match the Great Recession. The analysis shows that younger households lose more than double of all other living cohorts, as younger household become unemployed and experience a decline in their future income. The dynamics of households’ consumption and portfolio composition between 2007 and 2013 in the US are consistent with the predictions of the model.

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本文通过量化不同生命周期阶段的家庭福利效应，研究了深度衰退对代际不平等的影响。深度衰退时期的特点是实物和金融资产价格以及就业大幅下降。前者对拥有金融财富的老年家庭征收高额福利成本，后者决定了劳动收入的损失，并摧毁了年轻群体的人力资本，降低了他们的生产率。这篇论文扩展了之前的文献分析，将永久性劳动收入损失纳入了一个经过校准以匹配大衰退的OLG模型。分析显示，由于年轻家庭失业，未来收入下降，年轻家庭失去了所有其他生活群体的两倍多。2007年至2013年间，美国家庭消费和投资组合构成的动态与该模型的预测一致。

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Research in Economics ECONOMICS-

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1.40

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审稿时长

89 days

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