Attitudes to Income Equality: The 'Socialist Legacy' Revisited

It is routinely assumed that residents of post-socialist countries have a preference for greater income equality, other things being equal, owing to the legacy of socialism. This proposition is examined in the context of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union (FSU) using three waves of the World...

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Main Authors:	Murthi, Mamta, Tiongson, Erwin R.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions D310 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Factor and Product Markets Industry Studies Population P230 Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Political Economy Property Rights P260
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4791

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spelling	okr-10986-47912021-04-23T14:02:19Z Attitudes to Income Equality: The 'Socialist Legacy' Revisited Murthi, Mamta Tiongson, Erwin R. Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions D310 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Factor and Product Markets Industry Studies Population P230 Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Political Economy Property Rights P260 It is routinely assumed that residents of post-socialist countries have a preference for greater income equality, other things being equal, owing to the legacy of socialism. This proposition is examined in the context of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union (FSU) using three waves of the World Values Survey. Contrary to expectations, there is little evidence of a 'socialist legacy' en bloc. Countries in the FSU as a group display significantly lower preference for moving towards greater income equality than Eastern Europe. Moreover, this preference for greater income inequality appears to have persisted at least since the mid-1990s. 2012-03-30T07:29:45Z 2012-03-30T07:29:45Z 2009 Journal Article Comparative Economic Studies 08887233 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4791 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article
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description	It is routinely assumed that residents of post-socialist countries have a preference for greater income equality, other things being equal, owing to the legacy of socialism. This proposition is examined in the context of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union (FSU) using three waves of the World Values Survey. Contrary to expectations, there is little evidence of a 'socialist legacy' en bloc. Countries in the FSU as a group display significantly lower preference for moving towards greater income equality than Eastern Europe. Moreover, this preference for greater income inequality appears to have persisted at least since the mid-1990s.
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title	Attitudes to Income Equality: The 'Socialist Legacy' Revisited
title_short	Attitudes to Income Equality: The 'Socialist Legacy' Revisited
title_full	Attitudes to Income Equality: The 'Socialist Legacy' Revisited
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Attitudes to Income Equality: The 'Socialist Legacy' Revisited

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