Increasing Inequality in Transition Economies : Is There More to Come?

This paper decomposes changes in inequality, which has in general been increasing in the transition economies of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, both by income source and socio-economic group, with a view to understanding the determinants of inequality and assessing how it might evolve i...

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Main Authors:	Mitra, Pradeep, Yemtsov, Ruslan
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURE CHANGES IN INEQUALITY COEFFICIENT OF INEQUALITY COMMAND ECONOMY CONCENTRATION COEFFICIENTS CONSUMPTION INEQUALITY COUNTERFACTUAL COUNTRY COMPARISONS COUNTRY EXPERIENCES CPI DATA SET DATA SETS DECOMPOSITION OF INEQUALITY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME DISTRIBUTIONAL OUTCOMES DISTRIBUTIONS OF INCOME ECONOMIC DECLINE ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC VALUE EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EVOLUTION OF INEQUALITY FINANCIAL CRISIS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GINI COEFFICIENT GINI INDEX GRADUAL INCREASE HBS HIGH INEQUALITY HIGH INEQUALITY COUNTRY HIGH INFLATION HOUSEHOLD BUDGET SURVEY HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME DISPARITIES INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME SHARES INCOME SOURCE INCOME SOURCES INCOME STUDY INCOMES INCREASED INEQUALITY INCREASING INEQUALITY INCREASING WAGE INCREASING WAGE INEQUALITY INDEX OF INEQUALITY INEQUALITY INEQUALITY DATA INEQUALITY ESTIMATES INEQUALITY IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES INEQUALITY LEVELS INEQUALITY OUTCOMES INFLATION RATES INVESTMENT CLIMATE JOB CREATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR REALLOCATION LIVING STANDARDS LOW INCOME MARKET ECONOMIES MEASURES OF INEQUALITY MINIMUM WAGES MONETARY POLICY OBSERVED CHANGE OLD AGE OVERALL INEQUALITY PENSIONS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA INCOMES POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MEASURES POLICY RESEARCH POOR POVERTY ASSESSMENTS POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE AGENTS PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC TRANSFERS RAPID GROWTH RAPID INCREASE REAL GDP REAL PER CAPITA INCOME REAL WAGES REDISTRIBUTIVE EFFECTS RELATIVE IMPORTANCE RISING INEQUALITY SECTOR EMPLOYMENT SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS SIMULATIONS SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SAFETY SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL TRANSFERS SPATIAL DIFFERENCES STRUCTURAL CHANGE TAXATION TOTAL INEQUALITY TRANSITION ECONOMIES UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS VALUE ADDED WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE INEQUALITY WAGES WEALTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/09/7056839/increasing-inequality-transition-economies-more-come http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9269

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9269

Increasing Inequality in Transition Economies : Is There More to Come?

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