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The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Poverty and Income Distribution: Insights from Simulations in Selected Countries

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  • Habib, Bilal

    (World Bank)

  • Narayan, Ambar

    (World Bank)

  • Olivieri, Sergio

    (World Bank)

  • Sanchez, Carolina

    (World Bank)

Abstract

As the financial crisis has spread through the world, the lack of real-time data has made it difficult to track its impact in developing countries. We use a microsimulation approach to assess the poverty and distributional effects of the crisis. In Bangladesh, Mexico, and the Philippines, we find increases in both the level and the depth of aggregate poverty. Income shocks are relatively large in the middle (and, in Mexico, the bottom) parts of the income distribution. We also find that characteristics of people who become poor because of the crisis are different from those of both chronically poor people and the general population. Our findings will be useful for policy makers wishing to identify leading monitoring indicators to track the impact of macroeconomic shocks and to design policies that protect vulnerable groups.

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  • Habib, Bilal & Narayan, Ambar & Olivieri, Sergio & Sanchez, Carolina, 2010. "The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Poverty and Income Distribution: Insights from Simulations in Selected Countries," World Bank - Economic Premise, The World Bank, issue 7, pages 1-4, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:wbk:prmecp:ep7
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    Keywords

    Financial crisis; poverty; income; income distribution; developing countries; Bangladesh; Mexico; Philippines; macroeconomic shocks; poor;
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    JEL classification:

    • J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • E3 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles
    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development

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