Der Transformationsprozeß in den Staaten Mittel- und Osteuropas hat sich in vielfacher Weise auf den Lebensstandard der Bevölkerung ausgewirkt. Das Bruttoinlandsprodukt pro Kopf ist in den Staaten der Region zwischen 1990 und 1993 im Durchschnitt um fast ein Viertel zurückgegangen. Alle...

The results of new direct price level comparisons across 146 countries in 2005 have led to large revisions of PPP (purchasing power parity) exchanges rates, particularly for China and India. The recalculation of international and global inequalities, using the new PPPs, shows that inequalities...

Using social tables, we make an estimate of global inequality (inequality among world citizens) in early 19th century. We then show that the level and composition of global inequality have changed over the last two centuries. The level has increased reaching a high plateau around 1950s, and the...

This paper, using for the first time household survey data from 26 post-communist countries, covering the period 1990-2005, examines correlates of unprecedented increases in inequality registered by most of these economies. We find that, after controlling for country-fixed effects and type of...