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.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Journal: IZA World of Labor ; ISSN: 2054-9571 ; Year: 2022 ; Bonn: Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
- Thema
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inequality
income distribution
wealth distribution
redistribution
post-socialist countries
Eastern Europe
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Brzezinski, Michal
Salach, Katarzyna
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
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Bonn
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2022
- DOI
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doi:10.15185/izawol.496
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Artikel
Beteiligte
- Brzezinski, Michal
- Salach, Katarzyna
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2022