This paper examines inequality patterns in the 1990s in Poland, Russia and Hungary. We consider three different … definitions of income and analyse the contributions to inequality of their main components using LIS micro data. Inequality is … Shorrocks' axiomatic approach and the Theil-based decomposition). The role of transfers and taxes in mitigating total inequality …

The increase in wage inequality in Russia during its transition process has far exceeded the increase in wage … arrears. We analyse to what extent wage arrears affect the wage distribution and measures of wage inequality in Russia. We … means that for those wishing to study aspects of wage differentials and inequality in Russia, it may be feasible to use the …

This paper focuses on the causes of increased wage inequality in OECD countries in recent years and its decomposition …. In particular, if the observed wage inequality response to price and technology shocks reflects a short-run response in … observed increases in inequality is substantially altered relative to a long-run factors mobile world. This conclusion applies …

1998-2001 period have offset the increase in inequality that would have occurred otherwise. They also contribute to a …

When measuring health inequality using ordinal data, analysts typically must choose between indices specifically based … compares inequality rankings across a number of different approaches and finds considerable sensitivity to the choice between …

Using counterfactual microsimulations, Shapley decompositions of time change in inequality and poverty indices make it … distributional evaluation of policy reforms. An application to the UK (1998-2001) confirms previous findings that inequality and …

This paper describes the transmission of income inequality into consumption inequality and in so doing investigates the …

. Our aim is to describe the transmission of income inequality into consumption inequality. Our framework nests the special …