This paper analyzes the evolution of inequality in Poland during the economic transition that began in 1989-90. Using … micro data from the Household Budget Surveys, we find that, after a brief spike in 1989, income and consumption inequality …-transition levels by 1997. In sharp contrast, inequality in labor earnings increased markedly and consistently throughout the 1990 …

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 …

This paper challenges the conventional wisdom that income inequality in Poland increased substantially following the … overall income inequality increased during the initial stages of the transition but then declined to pre-transition levels …. Consumption distributions reveal a similar pattern. However, earnings inequality did increase markedly after the transition and …

This paper challenges the conventional wisdom that inequality in Poland increased markedly during the economic … transition. Income and consumption inequality actually declined in 1990-92 and rose only moderately above pre-transition levels … by 1997. However, inequality in labor earnings increased markedly and consistently during 1990-97. Social transfer …

In this paper we estimate the impact of transition on earnings inequality using data across Polish regions 1994 …-1997. Our central result is that earnings inequality is higher in regions that are more advanced in restructuring (higher labor … not seem to be associated with earnings inequality. This aggregate relationship is shown to be misleading. The positive …

inequality. These changes are arguably the best guide to future trends in the wage distribution. Taking the case of Poland … in Poland, though there is no change in hourly wage inequality, structural change has had clear impacts of the … countries since the collapse of communism. Most countries experienced an increase in wage inequality during the initial shock of …

In this paper we estimate the impact of transition on earnings inequality using data across Polish regions 1994 …-1997. Our central result is that earnings inequality is higher in regions that are more advanced in restructuring (higher labour … not seem to be associated with earnings inequality. This aggregate relationship is shown to be misleading. The positive …

The paper tries to explain the increase in inequality that occured in all transition economies by constructing a simple …, Latvia, Poland, Russia and Slovenia) over the period 1987-95. We find that the most important factor driving overall … inequality up was increased inequality of wage distribution. Non-wage private sector contributed strongly to inequality only in …