Income inequality has been showing a steady increase for past decades and will be worsened in the future (Piketty, 2014). One of the most important factors to explain the worsening income inequality can be aging. Previous studies on aging focus on its impact on traditional issues such as health, retirement, and economic growth. This study finds the direct relationship between aging and income inequality using the vector autoregressive (VAR) model (Blanchard and Quah, 1989). The VAR model is useful to analyze the long-run response of aging on income inequality. The empirical results will verify the negative impact of aging on income inequality in the U.S. The governmental efforts to reduce the negative impact of aging on health care and pensions could delay the worsening income inequality.

La evidencia empírica señala que altas tasas de inflación funcionan como un impuesto regresivo. La inflación es un impuesto inflacionario que surge para financiar los ingresos del gobierno y genera distorsiones en el sector privado y, puede crear distorsiones en el mismo sistema tributario si este no está indexado a la inflación. Además, genera un mayor y negativo impacto en los más pobres, quienes son la población más vulnerable financieramente ante situaciones con precios elevados. Cualquier intento de reducir la inflación en el presente, se traducirá en la generación de mayor inflación en el futuro, teniendo en cuenta que los bancos centrales no tienen restricciones de préstamos al tesoro. Debido a periodos de altas tasas de inflación que tuvieron un efecto negativo el crecimiento de los países presentando una elevada desigualdad de ingresos, varios autores han enfocado sus investigaciones en analizar el impacto de la política monetaria en la distribución del ingreso, puesto que un choque inflacionario tendrías mayores consecuencias en su economía que en las demás. En línea con lo anterior, el objetivo de este estudio es determinar cómo la inflación afecta a los agentes de acuerdo a sus niveles de activos y cuantificar el efecto de la inflación sobre la distribución de los ingresos. En el estudio realizado para 43 países, en su mayoría países de América Latina, Europa y Asia, para el periodo 2003-2018, luego de revisar estimaciones bajo el Método Generalizado de Momentos (GMM), se obtiene que no existe relación entre la inflación y la redistribución de ingresos. / Empirical evidence indicates that high inflation rates work as a regressive tax. Inflation is an inflationary tax that arises to finance government revenues and generates distortions in the private sector and can create distortions in the same tax system if it is not indexed to inflation. In addition, it generates a greater and negative impact on the poorest, who are the most financially vulnerable population in situations of high prices. Any attempt to reduce inflation in the present will result in the generation of higher inflation in the future. Due to periods of high inflation rates that had a negative effect on the growth of countries presenting a high income inequality, several authors have focused their research on analyzing the impact of monetary policy on income distribution, since an inflationary shock you would have greater consequences in your economy than in the others. In line with the above, the objective of this study is to determine how inflation affects agents according to their asset levels and quantify the effect of inflation on income distribution. In the study carried out for 43 countries, mostly countries in Latin America, Europe and Asia, for the period 2003-2018, after reviewing estimates under the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM), it is obtained that there is no relation between inflation and redistribution of income. / Trabajo de investigación

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Lee San Man. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [86-88]). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.2 / Acknowledge --- p.3 / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.5 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature Review --- p.7 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Open-door and Reform Policies and Trend of Regional Inequality --- p.13 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Theoretical Model --- p.23 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Data Issue and Estimation Methods --- p.29 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Absolute Convergence --- p.33 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- Augmented Solow Model --- p.41 / Chapter Chapter 8 --- The Contribution of Human Capital --- p.55 / Chapter Chapter 9 --- The Contribution of Open and Reform --- p.73 / Chapter Chapter 10 --- Conclusion --- p.85 / Reference --- p.86

Li, Pangyi. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2013. / Includes bibliographical references. / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts also in English.

Lok Ching To. / Thesis submitted in: June 2002. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 132-134). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter Chapter One --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter Two --- Data & Methodology --- p.24 / Chapter Chapter Three --- Empirical Results --- p.50 / Chapter Chapter Four --- Discussion of Results and Policy Implications --- p.71 / Chapter Chapter Five --- Conclusion --- p.82 / Appendices / Chapter 1. --- Tables 1-59 --- p.85 / Chapter 2. --- Figures 1-27 --- p.105 / References --- p.132

Ng, Shou Zhong. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 71-77). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.iv / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS --- p.vii / LIST OF TABLES --- p.viii / Chapter 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- MOTIVATIONS / Chapter 1.2 --- OBJECTIVES / Chapter 2 --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.12 / Chapter 3 --- DATA DESCRIPTION --- p.22 / Chapter 4 --- METHODOLOGY --- p.25 / Chapter 4.1 --- Cross-Section Dispersion of Per Capita Real Income / Chapter 4.2 --- Stochastic Convergence of the 17 OECD Countries / Chapter 4.3 --- Time-Varying Parameters Model on Convergence / Chapter 4.4 --- Unobserved Components Structural Time Series Models on Converging Economy / Chapter 5 --- ESTIMATION RESULTS --- p.40 / Chapter 5.1 --- Cross-Section Dispersion of Per Capita Real Income / Chapter 5.2 --- Stochastic Convergence of the 17 OECD Countries / Chapter 5.3 --- Time-Varying Parameters Model on Convergence / Chapter 5.4 --- Unobserved Components Structural Time Series Models on Converging Economy / Chapter 6 --- CONCLUSIONS --- p.64 / APPENDICES --- p.67 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.71 / ILLUSTRATIONS --- p.78 / TABLES --- p.87

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