Main Drivers of Income Inequality in Central European and Baltic Countries : Some Insights from Recent Household Survey Data

Present levels of income inequality in Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia remain considerably higher than their pre-transition levels, although the relative pace of change over time has varied quite...

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Main Author:	Zaidi, Salman
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE INCOMES AVERAGE SHARE CALCULATIONS CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CASH TRANSFERS CLIENT COUNTRY CONSUMER CONSUMER DURABLE CONTRIBUTION CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISONS CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA DATA COLLECTION DATA SET DATA SETS DEMOGRAPHIC DEPENDENT VARIABLE DIFFERENCES IN INCOME DISABILITY DISABILITY BENEFITS DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISPOSABLE INCOME DISPOSABLE INCOMES DISTRIBUTION OF INCOMES DISTRIBUTIONAL OUTCOMES DIVIDENDS DURABLE GOODS EARNINGS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE EMPLOYMENT STATUS EXPLANATORY VARIABLES FAMILY BENEFITS GDP GENERAL PUBLIC GINI COEFFICIENT GINI INDEX GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT GROSS INCOME GROSS INCOMES HIGH INCOME INEQUALITY HIGHER INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCIDENCE ANALYSIS INCOME INCOME COMPONENTS INCOME DIFFERENCES INCOME DISPARITIES INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS INCOME GAP INCOME GROUPS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INCOME POVERTY INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INCOME TAX INCOME TAXES INCREASE IN INCOME INCREASED INEQUALITY INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES INEQUALITY ESTIMATES INEQUALITY MEASURES INSURANCE INVERSE RELATIONSHIP LABOR FORCE LABOR INCOME LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIVING STANDARDS LONGITUDINAL DATA LOW INCOME LOW INCOMES MARKET ECONOMIES MEMBER COUNTRIES MIDDLE CLASS MORTGAGE NEGATIVE SLOPE OBSERVED INCREASE OUTPUT PER CAPITA INCOME PERSONAL INCOME PERSONAL INFORMATION POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL PLATFORM POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POPULATION SUB-GROUP POSSESSION POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PROBABILITIES PROBABILITY PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY PUBLIC SPENDING PUBLIC SUPPORT PUBLIC TRANSFERS QUESTIONNAIRE RAPID INFLATION REDISTRIBUTIVE IMPACT REGIONAL DIFFERENCES REGIONAL DUMMIES REGRESSION ANALYSIS REGRESSION RESULTS RELATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS RETIRED RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL RESIDENTS SECOND JOB SECONDARY EDUCATION SELF-EMPLOYMENT SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL TRANSFERS TAX BENEFIT TAX CODE TAX RATE TAX RATES TAX SYSTEM TAX SYSTEMS TRANSITION COUNTRIES TRANSITION ECONOMIES UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT RATES WAGE WAGE INEQUALITY WELFARE PROGRAMS WELFARE STATE WELL-BEING WORKING AGE WORKING AGE POPULATION
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Main Drivers of Income Inequality in Central European and Baltic Countries : Some Insights from Recent Household Survey Data

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