Keane, Michael P.; Prasad, Eswar S. - In: The Review of Economics and Statistics 84 (2002) 2, pp. 324-341
This paper analyzes the evolution of inequality in Poland during the economic transition that began in 1989-1990. Using microdata from the Household Budget Surveys, we find that, after a brief spike in 1989, income and consumption inequality actually declined to below pretransition levels during...