Add to ORKGThe transitional economies of Eastern Europe (EE) and the former Soviet Union (FSU) experienced a dramatic increase in income inequality in the 1990s. In this paper I investigate the causes of unprecedented changes in income distribution using a unique panel of inequality estimates for 24 transitional countries for the period 1989-1998. The fixed effects model is used to control for unobservable country-specific effects that result in a missing-variable bias in cross-sectional studies. The relationship between income inequality, measured by Gini coefficient, and per capita GDP is shown to be positive for EE, but negative for the FSU. Economic liberalization, privatization and deindustrialization are found to have contributed to the rise in ...
Using panel data for twenty-seven post-communist economies between 1987-2003, we examine the nexus o...
Income inequality has become an important issue in Central and Eastern European countries during th...
The relationship between income inequality and economic growth is estimated using dynamic panel esti...
Using for the first time survey data from 26 post-Communist countries, covering the period 1990-20...
Using for the first time survey data from 26 post-Communist countries, covering the period 1990-20...
Parallel to the process of democratization, the former socialist countries of Eastern Europe and Cen...
The economic development and industrialization that has taken place in many parts of the world durin...
The economic development and industrialization that has taken place in many parts of the world durin...
Using data for the period 1989 – 2002, we examine the determinants of income inequality in post-comm...
Using data for the period 1989 – 2002, we examine the determinants of income inequality in post-comm...
Using data for the period 1989 – 2002, we examine the determinants of income inequality in post-comm...
Using data for the period 1989 – 2002, we examine the determinants of income inequality in post-comm...
While under the communist regime, states in Eastern Europe and Central Asia shared similarly low lev...
The paper uses a range of methods to assess changes in income, poverty and income distribution betwe...
This paper challenges the conventional wisdom that inequality in Poland increased markedly during th...
Using panel data for twenty-seven post-communist economies between 1987-2003, we examine the nexus o...
Income inequality has become an important issue in Central and Eastern European countries during th...
The relationship between income inequality and economic growth is estimated using dynamic panel esti...
Using for the first time survey data from 26 post-Communist countries, covering the period 1990-20...
Using for the first time survey data from 26 post-Communist countries, covering the period 1990-20...
Parallel to the process of democratization, the former socialist countries of Eastern Europe and Cen...
The economic development and industrialization that has taken place in many parts of the world durin...
The economic development and industrialization that has taken place in many parts of the world durin...
Using data for the period 1989 – 2002, we examine the determinants of income inequality in post-comm...
Using data for the period 1989 – 2002, we examine the determinants of income inequality in post-comm...
Using data for the period 1989 – 2002, we examine the determinants of income inequality in post-comm...
Using data for the period 1989 – 2002, we examine the determinants of income inequality in post-comm...
While under the communist regime, states in Eastern Europe and Central Asia shared similarly low lev...
The paper uses a range of methods to assess changes in income, poverty and income distribution betwe...
This paper challenges the conventional wisdom that inequality in Poland increased markedly during th...
Using panel data for twenty-seven post-communist economies between 1987-2003, we examine the nexus o...
Income inequality has become an important issue in Central and Eastern European countries during th...
The relationship between income inequality and economic growth is estimated using dynamic panel esti...