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Income Inequality and Growth in Transition Economies: Are Nonlinear Models Needed?
Wan, Guanghua - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005033253
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Inequality and well-being in transition economies: A non-experimental test of inequality aversion
Cojocaru, Alexandru - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2011
This paper examines the link between inequality and individual well-being using household survey data from 27 … Transition Economies, where income inequality increased considerably since 1989. A test of inequality aversion in individual … preferences that draws on the Fehr and Schmidt (QJE, 1999) specification of inequality aversion is proposed, and the difficulties …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009370128
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The Czech Transition: The Importance of Microeconomic Fundamentals
Svejnar, Jan; Uvalic, Milica - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2009
We examine the case of the Czech Republic, which has been frequently cited as one of the most successful cases of transition economies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Despite the costs related to the break-up of Czechoslovakia in late 1992 and 1993, the immediate consequences were quickly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004973330
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Financial Sector Structure and Financial Crisis Burden: A Model Based on the Russian Default of 1998
Mavrotas, George; Vinogradov, Dmitri - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005001279
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Internet Use in Transition Economies: Economic and Institutional Determinants
Muller, Patrice - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005059868
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Transport consumption inequalities and redistributive effects of taxes: A comparison of France, Denmark and Cyprus
Berri, Akli; Lyk-Jensen, Stéphanie Vincent; Mulalic, Ismir - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2010
contribution of vehicle use items to total expenditure inequality decreases over time, thus reflecting the more and more widespread …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512112
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Happiness, deprivation and the alter ego
Verme, Paolo - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2010
The paper focuses on satisfaction with income and proposes a utility model built on two value systems, the `Ego' system - described as one own income assessment relatively to one own past and future income - and the `Alter' system - described as one own income assessment relatively to a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512113
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Measuring long-term inequality of opportunity
Aaberge, Rolf; Mogstad, Magne; Peragine, Vito - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2010
as well off as he could be by undertaking inter-period income transfers. There is long-term ex-post inequality of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512115
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Irregular Urbanization as a Catalyst for Radical Social Mobilization: The Case of the Housing Movements of São Paulo
Earle, Lucy - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011
city’s sociospatial inequality, degradation of the central districts and widespread irregularity, it illustrates how these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008862797
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Explaining Poverty Evolution: The Case of Mozambique
Arndt, Channing; Hussain, M. Azhar; Jones, E. Samuel; … - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011
approach is also employed to rigorously examine the poverty-growth-inequality triangle. Finally, various simple but useful and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008862800