Year: 2007
Type: report
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The Egyptian pound depreciated sharply between 2000 and 2005, declining by 26 percent in nominal trade-weighted terms.This paper investigates the effect of the large depreciation on household welfare operating through exchange rate-induced changes in consumer prices.I estimate exchange rate pass-through regressions using disaggregated monthly consumer price indices to isolate the impact of the exchange rate changes on consumer prices.I then use household-level data from the 2000 and 2005 Egyptian household surveys to quantify the welfare effects of these consumer price changes at the household level.The average welfare loss due to exchange rateinduced price increases was equivalent to 7.4 percent of initial expenditure.Stronger estimated exchange rate pass-through for food items imply that this effect disproportionately impacted poorer households.
Author: Aart Kraay
Institutions: World Bank, World Bank Group
Language: English
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: No poverty
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1643019775