Economic Transformation in Eastern Europe and the Distribution of IncomeWho gains and who loses from economic transformation in Eastern Europe is a key question, but one which is too rarely discussed. This book examines the evidence about the distribution of income and poverty under Communism in Eastern Europe. Contrary to popular impressions, a great deal of information exists about the distribution of earnings and household incomes in Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland. With glasnost much material previously kept secret in the USSR became available. The book contains extensive statistical evidence that has not previously been assembled on a comparative basis, and takes the story right up to the end of Communism. The findings bring out the differences in experience between countries under Communism: between Central Europe and the former Soviet Union, between Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland, and between the newly independent states of the former USSR. |
Contents
Introduction and summary | 1 |
Why study the distribution pre1990? | 22 |
Data availability quality and comparability | 40 |
The distribution of earnings | 76 |
The distribution of household incomes | 106 |
Interpreting income data | 145 |
Measuring poverty | 178 |
Poverty and the safety net | 214 |
Sources and methods | 246 |
List of tables in statistical appendix | 284 |
Statistical appendix | |
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Other editions - View all
Economic Transformation in Eastern Europe and the Distribution of Income Anthony Barnes Atkinson,John Micklewright No preview available - 1992 |
Economic Transformation in Eastern Europe and the Distribution of Income Anthony Barnes Atkinson,John Micklewright No preview available - 1992 |
Economic Transformation in Eastern Europe and the Distribution of Income Anthony Barnes Atkinson,John Micklewright No preview available - 1992 |
Common terms and phrases
annual income divided average earnings average income Belarus Britain calculations capita income Central Statistical Office Chapter collective farm Communist compared comparison Czechoslovakia decile ratio dispersion disposable income distribution of earnings Distribution of gross distribution of household distribution of income divided by 12 earnings distribution Eastern Europe Eastern European countries economic employees equivalence scale estimates expenditure Females Figure forints Gini coef Gini coefficient Goskomstat gross monthly EARNINGS household income household surveys Hungary included income distribution Income Survey Individual distribution interpolation less Lorenz curve Lower value Males McAuley mean median Microcensus minima Moldavia non-response noted official pensioners percent percentage points period Poland population poverty line range relative republics Robin Hood Index rubles sample sector social benefits social minimum social security Soviet Union Statistical Appendix statistical yearbook subsidies subsistence minimum summary Table Tadzhikistan tax unit Ukraine USSR Uzbekistan wage Western countries workers
References to this book
The Impact of Inequality: How to Make Sick Societies Healthier Richard G. Wilkinson No preview available - 2005 |
On the Verge of Convergence: Social Stratification in Eastern Europe Henryk Doma?ski No preview available - 2000 |