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The Cost-of-Living Crisis: Impact and Policy Support to Households, Evidence from Micro-Level Data: Greece

By Shiqing Hua, Wei Shi

February 20, 2024

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Shiqing Hua, and Wei Shi. The Cost-of-Living Crisis: Impact and Policy Support to Households, Evidence from Micro-Level Data: Greece, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2024) accessed November 21, 2024

Summary

The Greek government has provided substantial support to households to cope with the high cost of living in 2022–2023. This paper leverages on the rich micro-level data on household consumption in the Household Budget Survey to study the distributional impact of price increases. Policy simulations suggest that targeted support measures tailored to the recipients’ needs remain the most effective way to mitigate the vulnerable households’ income loss.

Subject: Consumption, Household consumption, Income, Inflation, International organization, Monetary policy, National accounts, Prices, Purchasing power

Keywords: Consumption, Distributional impact, Fiscal policy, Household consumption, Household consumption indicator, Income, Inflation, Level data, Policy simulation, Policy support, Purchasing power, Support measure

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    18

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Selected Issues Paper No. 2024/007

  • Stock No:

    SIPEA2024007

  • ISBN:

    9798400265440

  • ISSN:

    2958-7875