Attitudes to Equality : The "Socialist Legacy" Revisited

It is routinely assumed that residents of post-socialist countries have a preference for greater income equality, other things being equal, owing to the legacy of socialism. This proposition is examined in the context of Eastern Europe and the for...

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Main Authors:	Murthi, Mamta, Tiongson, Erwin R.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY ADVANCED ECONOMIES ADVANCED ECONOMY ATTITUDES TO INCOME AVERAGE INCOME BASIC NEEDS CALCULATIONS COLLECTIVE COUNTRY DUMMIES COUNTRY LEVEL CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISONS DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIFFERENCES IN INCOME DISTRIBUTIVE POLITICS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC REVIEW EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EGALITARIAN DISTRIBUTION EMPIRICAL RESULTS EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT STATUS EQUAL COUNTRIES EQUAL DISTRIBUTION EQUALITY ETHNIC GROUPS EXPLANATORY VARIABLE GDP GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GINI COEFFICIENT GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROUP INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVEL INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INCOME SOURCE INCOMES INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES INDIVIDUALS INEQUALITIES INEQUALITY INEQUALITY AVERSION INSTALLMENT INTERNATIONAL BANK INVESTIGATION JOB INSECURITY LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE LIMITED LOW-INCOME LOWER INCOME MARKET ECONOMIES MARKET ECONOMY MEASURED INEQUALITY MEDIAN VOTER MEDIAN VOTER HYPOTHESIS OLDER PEOPLE PENSIONS PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY REFORMS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTABILITY POSITIVE CORRELATION POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PUBLIC CHOICE PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SPENDING RECESSION REGRESSION ANALYSIS REGRESSION SAMPLE RELATIVE INCOME REMITTANCES RETIRED SECONDARY EDUCATION SOCIAL INEQUALITY SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIETIES SOCIETY UNEMPLOYED UNION WAGE WAGE INEQUALITY WELFARE BENEFITS WELFARE STATE WESTERN EUROPE YOUNGER PEOPLE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/02/9031405/attitudes-equality-socialist-legacy-revisited http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6585

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Attitudes to Equality : The "Socialist Legacy" Revisited

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