This paper constructs cost-of-living indexes for different groups of households to quantify the differences in the distribution of the burden of high inflation among the populations of countries in Europe and Central Asia. The analysis demonstrates that the cost-of-living crisis of 2022–23 has had a heterogeneous impact on European populations. Poor households appear to suffer the most from rising food and energy prices. Poverty and inequality rates...
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2023/04/06
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS10377
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1
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2023/04/06
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Disclosed
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Who Suffers the Most from the Cost-of-Living Crisis ?