Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/174999 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 6876
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We study the short and long run responses of income inequality to positive per capita oil and gas rent shocks in Iran. Using historical data from 1973 to 2012 and vector autoregression (VAR)-based impulse response functions, we find a positive and statistically significant response of income inequality to oil rent booms within 4 years of the shock. In addition, the Autoregressive-Distributed Lag (ARDL) results show that in the long run, a 10-percent increase in oil and gas rents per capita leads to an approximately 1.4-percent increase in income inequality. The results are robust to controlling for different channels potentially affecting the income distribution in Iran. Our analysis can help policymakers evaluate and accommodate the possible positive or negative effects on inequality in Iran resulting from the 2016 lifting of the embargo against the country.
Subjects: 
oil rents
inequality
VAR
ARDL
sanctions
Iran
JEL: 
Q33
Q38
D63
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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