This paper examines how monetary policy affects income inequality in 10 euro area countries over the period 1999“2014. We distinguish macroeconomic and financial channels through which monetary policy may have distributional effects. The macroeconomic channel is captured by wages and employment, while the financial channel by asset prices and returns. We find that expansionary monetary policy in the euro area reduces income inequality, especially in the periphery countries. The macroeconomic channel leads to these equalizing effects: monetary easing reduces income inequality by raising wages and employment. However, there is some indication that the financial channel may weaken the equalizing effect of expansionary monetary policy.
Keywords: income inequality, monetary policy, euro area.
JEL classifications: D63, E50, E52.
Working paper no. 626
08 maart 2019
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Does monetary policy affect income inequality in the euro area?
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- Anna Samarina
- Anh Nguyen
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