Reform and Inequality During the Transition : An Analysis Using Panel Household Survey Data, 1990-2005

Using for the first time household survey data from 26 post-Communist countries, covering the period 1990-2005, this paper examines correlates of unprecedented increases in inequality registered by most of the economies. The analysis shows, after c...

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Main Authors:	Milanovic, Branko, Ersado, Lire
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CREDIT ADVANCED COUNTRIES ANNUAL INFLATION AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE RATE AVERAGE SHARE BANKING SYSTEM BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CAPITAL MARKET CHILD ALLOWANCES COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS COMPETITION POLICY CONSUMER PRICE INDEX COUNTRY CHARACTERISTICS COUNTRY DUMMIES COUNTRY DUMMY COUNTRY EFFECTS COUNTRY FIXED EFFECTS CROSS-COUNTRY STUDIES DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DISPOSABLE INCOME DISPOSABLE INCOME INEQUALITY DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGES EARNINGS EARNINGS INEQUALITY ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC ORDER ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC REFORM EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL STUDIES EQUAL COUNTRIES EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE SYSTEM EXPENDITURE EXPLANATORY VARIABLE EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXPORTS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN TRADE GDP GDP PER CAPITA GINI COEFFICIENT GLOBALIZATION GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP GOVERNMENT POLICIES GRADUAL INCREASE GROWTH ACCELERATION GROWTH PROCESS GROWTH RATES HETEROSKEDASTICITY HIGH GROWTH HIGH INFLATION HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS IMPACT OF INEQUALITY INCOME INCOME DECLINE INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROUP INCOME GROUPS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME SHARE INCOME SHARES INCOME STUDY INCOMES INCREASED INEQUALITY INCREASING INEQUALITY INEQUALITY INEQUALITY DATA INEQUALITY EFFECT INEQUALITY ESTIMATES INEQUALITY INDEX INEQUALITY OBSERVATIONS INFLATION RATE INTEREST RATE INTERNATIONAL BANK LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKETS LIBERALIZATION LOW INCOME MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION MARKET ECONOMIES MARKET ECONOMY MEAN INCOMES MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES MINIMUM LEVEL NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NEGATIVE COEFFICIENTS NEGATIVE EFFECT NEGATIVE GROWTH NEGATIVE IMPACT 0 HYPOTHESIS OBSERVED INCREASE OUTPUT PARTICULAR COUNTRIES PENSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY VARIABLES POLITICAL ECONOMY PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATIZATION PUBLIC SECTOR RAPID INCREASE REAL GDP REAL GROWTH REAL GROWTH RATE REAL INCOME REDISTRIBUTION POLICIES SECURITIES SECURITIES MARKETS SIGNIFICANT EFFECT SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL TRANSFERS SOFT BUDGET CONSTRAINTS STRUCTURAL CHANGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSITION COUNTRIES TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSITION ECONOMY UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNION WAGE INEQUALITY WAGES WEALTH WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS WORLD MARKETS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/11/10021497/reform-inequality-during-transition-analysis-using-panel-household-survey-data-1990-2005 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6348