Income inequality and household debt: a cointegration test

Edmond Berisha; John Meszaros; Eric Olson

doi:10.1080/13504851.2015.1039698

Income inequality and household debt: a cointegration test

Edmond Berisha
, John Meszaros
, Eric Olson

Economics

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This article employs the Johansen and Engle–Granger methodology to determine if there is a cointegrating relationship between household debt and income inequality as measured by Atkinson, Piketty and Saez (2011). The results suggest a cointegrating relationship between the two series. A vector error correction model is estimated showing that a shock to household debt has statistically significant effects on income inequality in the United States over the time period 1919–2009.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1469-1473
Number of pages	5
Journal	Applied Economics Letters
Volume	22
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2015.1039698
State	Published - 12 Dec 2015

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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

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cointegration
household debt
income inequality

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