The paper tries to explain the increase in inequality that occured in all transition economies by constructing a simple model of change in composition of employment during the transition. The change consists in the "hollowing-out" of the state-sector middle class as it moves either into the...

Since the beginning of transition to market economy, inequality has increased in all transition countries. The factors driving inequality up: increasing wage inequality (as workers move from a relatively egalitarian state sector to a less equal private sector), and the rising share of income...

The paper discusses recent changes in central bank laws and the relationship between inflation and central bank independence in transition economies. Two indices of legal independence are constructed, covering political and economic aspects of independence. Most of the countries experienced...

This paper examines determinants of privatization in transition countries. Empirical studies of privatization are few and even fewer formal empirical analyses of privatization in transition countries exist. Another goal is to examine differences between large scale and small scale privatization....

This paper presents an analysis of the welfare convergence among 27 transition economies based on the evaluation of a micro-based summary statistic combining income, consumption, leisure, life expectancy, and inequality (Jones & Klenow, 2016). The results show that the countries of the former...