Social Distancing, Labor Supply, and Income Distribution

The effects of social distancing measures on income distributions and aggregate variables are examined with an off-the-shelf heterogeneous-agent incomplete-market model. The model shows that social distancing measures, which limit households’ labor supply, can decrease the labor supply of low-income...

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Main Author: DUKSANG CHO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korea Development Institute 2021-05-01
Series:KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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Online Access:https://kdijep.org/v.43/2/1/Social+Distancing,+Labor+Supply,+and+Income+Distribution%e2%80%a0