Artikel

Determinants of inequality in transition countries

High levels of economic inequality may lead to lower economic growth and can have negative social and political impacts. Recent empirical research shows that income and wealth inequalities in Eastern Europe since the fall of socialism increased significantly more than previously suggested. Currently, the average Gini index (a common measure) of inequality in Eastern Europe is about 3 percentage points higher than in the rest of Europe. This rise in inequality was initially driven by privatization, liberalization, and deregulation reforms, and, more recently, has been amplified by technological change and globalization coupled with relatively ungenerous income and wealth redistribution policies.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: IZA World of Labor ; ISSN: 2054-9571 ; Year: 2022 ; Bonn: Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
Thema
inequality
income distribution
wealth distribution
redistribution
post-socialist countries
Eastern Europe

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Brzezinski, Michal
Salach, Katarzyna
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2022

DOI
doi:10.15185/izawol.496
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Beteiligte

  • Brzezinski, Michal
  • Salach, Katarzyna
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2022

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