inequality, institutions, and economic and infrastructure policies can influence welfare and political stability. Chapter 2 … influences income inequality. Chapter 4 uses a case study to discuss how infrastructure policies can affect regional economic …

from disadvantaged backgrounds. As it turns out, the majority of the German public perceives inequality in educational …

A Note on the Evolution of Inequality in Poland, 1992-99 (reprinted from Cambridge Journal of Economics, Vol. 27, No. 5 …, 2003, pp. 755-768, by permission of Cambridge Political Economy Society) Income inequality in Poland, after falling over … losers. While the overall position of wage-earners improved, wage inequality increased sharply in the second half of the 1990 …

The paper analyses economic inequality in Croatia in comparison with other transition economies of Central, East and … of income inequality. The decomposition analysis of the period 2000-2006 shows that, although the concentration of income … from paid employment was rising, overall stability of income inequality was due to a reduction of the more unequally …

social indicators, such as GDP growth, labour market outcomes, and poverty and inequality, for the period since the fall of … productivity. Total FDI has had only limited effects on inequality and poverty, but FDI from Germany and Austria has been found to … reduce both inequality and poverty, likely because they have benefitted mainly lower-income persons. There are differences in …