Determinants of Inequality in Selected SEE Countries: Results from Shapley Value Decompositions

Arbeitspapier

In this paper we provide a comparative analysis of inequality in household consumption per capita in four South-Eastern European countries, Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, and Serbia. The analysis is based on a largely consistent dataset derived from the World Bank's Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) providing data for at least two years for each of these countries and a comparable set of variables. We apply inequality decomposition methods based on regression analysis and variants of the Shapley value approach. We also present results from related methods like a decomposition of the explained variance using different approaches for comparisons. The results suggest that three groups of variables are particularly important for explaining patterns of inequality; these are socio-demographic variables, employment status and education. Regional aspects and nationality or ethnicity plays a less important role though there are some country differences.

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• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: wiiw Balkan Observatory Working Papers ; No. 084

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Single Equation Models; Single Variables: General ; Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
• Thema: Inequality decomposition ; Gini ; Shapley value ; Western Balkan countries

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Leitner, Sebastian ; Stehrer, Robert
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw)
• (wo): Vienna
• (wann): 2009

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• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/226122