Income Convergence or Divergence in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Shock?

By Mariya Brussevich, Shihui Liu, Chris Papageorgiou

June 17, 2022

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Mariya Brussevich, Shihui Liu, and Chris Papageorgiou. Income Convergence or Divergence in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Shock?, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2022) accessed December 22, 2024

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Summary

The paper extends the work of Deaton (2021) by exploring the period of post-crisis recovery in 2021-2024. The paper documents per-capita income divergence during the period of post-shock recovery, with countries at the bottom of the income distribution falling significantly behind. Findings suggest that higher COVID-19 vaccination rates and targeted virus containment measures are associated with faster recovery in per-capita incomes in the medium term. Evidence on the effectiveness of economic support policies for reducing cross-country income inequality, including fiscal and monetary policies, is mixed especially in the case of developing countries.

Subject: COVID-19, Health, Income, Income inequality, International trade, National accounts, Service exports

Keywords: Convergence, Convergence coefficient, COVID-19, Divergence, Global, Health impact, Income, Income convergence, Income inequality, Service exports, Support policies, Targeted virus containment measure, Vaccination rate

Publication Details

Pages:

37
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Working Paper No. 2022/121
Stock No:

WPIEA2022121
ISBN:

9798400212727
ISSN:

1018-5941

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