Markus Pettersson awarded with the Kendrick Prize
Since 1990, the prize is awarded to the best article of the year published in the Review of Income and Wealth. Markus Pettersson, researcher in economics at Stockholm University, is one of the 2025 winners.
Markus Pettersson, researcher in economics at Stockholm University.
The study presents a method for measuring how inflation affects households with different income levels, even when detailed data on individual spending are not available. Using US data, the researchers find that lower-income households have faced higher inflation than higher-income households over time. The gap has averaged 0.41 percentage points per year since 1959 and was 1.3 percentage points during the inflation surge in 2022.
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The study is written by Markus Pettersson, Philipp Hochmuth, and Christoffer Jessen Weissert. Read it here:
A Distributional Cost-of-Living Index From Aggregate Data
Markus Pettersson is a macroeconomist. Find out more about his research:
Last updated: 2026-09-16
Source: Department of Economics