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  • The Distribution of Economic Insecurity: Italy and the U.S. Over the Great Recession

    Author(s)
    D'Ambrosio, Conchita
    Rohde, Nicholas
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Rohde, Nicholas
    Year published
    2014
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    Abstract
    We estimate the distribution of economic insecurity in Italy and the U.S. using data from 1994 to 2010. Economic insecurity for each individual is assumed to depend on both current wealth and the changes in wealth that have been experienced in the past. The first element plays the role of the buffer stock that can be relied on in the case of an adverse future event. The second element reflects the individual's confidence in his ability to overcome any losses in the future. With respect to this second element, experiences in the recent past are given greater weight than experiences that occurred in the more distant past. The ...
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    We estimate the distribution of economic insecurity in Italy and the U.S. using data from 1994 to 2010. Economic insecurity for each individual is assumed to depend on both current wealth and the changes in wealth that have been experienced in the past. The first element plays the role of the buffer stock that can be relied on in the case of an adverse future event. The second element reflects the individual's confidence in his ability to overcome any losses in the future. With respect to this second element, experiences in the recent past are given greater weight than experiences that occurred in the more distant past. The results confirm that the great recession has had a dramatic effect on the distribution of economic insecurity in both countries with the effect being much stronger in the U.S.
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    Journal Title
    The Review of Income and Wealth
    Volume
    60
    Issue
    1
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1111/roiw.12039
    Subject
    Economic theory
    Applied economics
    Welfare economics
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/63524
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