In this paper we analyze the dynamics among past major pandemics, economic growth, inequality, and social unrest. We … increase in social unrest by reducing output and increasing inequality. We also find that higher social unrest, in turn, is … associated with lower ourput and higher inequality, pointing to a vicious cycle. Our results suggest that without policy measures …

the income share of higher-income deciles, and lowered the employment-to-population ratio for those with basic education … compared to those with higher education. We provide some evidence that the distributional consequences from the current …

as its implications for income inequality. The main finding is that young, less educated, and low skilled workers, as … hypothesize that income inequality likely has increased due to the pandemic. Policies aiming at reducing inequality in the labor …

inequality (Furceri, Loungani, Ostry and Pizzuto, 2020). In this paper, we show that the extent of fiscal consolidation in the … inequality. Episodes marked by extreme austerity-measured using either the government's fiscal balance, health expenditures or … redistribution-have been associated with an increase in the Gini measure of inequality three times as large as in episodes where …

the epidemic's health costs. Moreover, we show that having more agents who do not change their behavior during the …

The COVID-19 pandemic risks exacerbating inequality in Asia. High frequency labor surveys show that the pandemic is … to increase inequalities. As a result, income inequality, which was already high and rising in Asia before the pandemic …

to significant and persistent reductions in disposable income, along with increases in unemployment, income inequality …