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We propose a micro-econometric investigation into the relation between subjective life satisfaction and income distribution, using a balanced panel survey of the Russian population (RLMS), running from 1994 to 2000, including 4096 individuals. We show that in the context of the Russian very...
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The process of democratization in Benin has been praised as a model for the whole of francophone Africa. Initiated by an independent National-Conference the process of democratic renewal started with a bloodless coup of representatives of different groups of the civil society. Declared aims of...
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This paper provides an overview of the evolution of income inequality and poverty in China from 1987 to 2002, documenting significant increases of inequality within China's urban and rural populations. In rural areas, increased inequality is primarily related to the disequalizing role of...
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structures in transition. The mutual benefit of low real interest rates, to both equity and economic development is a major … European integration process allowed most of the transition economies to aim for the best of both worlds equity and economic …
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This paper provides evidence of the changing attitudes to inequality during transition to the market in Poland. Using … satisfaction. Whereas in the first stage of the transition process, an increase in income inequality was interpreted by the … population as a positive signal of wider opportunities, later in the transition period increased inequality became a factor in …
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structures in transition. The mutual benefit of low real interest rates, to both equity and economic development is a major … European integration process allowed most of the transition economies to aim for the best of both worlds equity and economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008690324
“new” European post-Transition countries and the United States, on the other hand. Whereas “jealousy” is dominant in the …
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liberalization policies designed to provide the necessary, albeit not sufficient conditions, for a transition from a planned to a … composed of “citizen shares” to cushion the disruptions and lessen the hardships of the transition process. This paper …
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uncovers a divide between "old" -low mobility- European countries versus "new" European post-Transition countries and the …
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understand migrants' housing priorities along their rural to urban transition. These housing priorities are the result of coping … forces of housing demand development along the rural to urban transition. Eventually, when identified, these forces can be …
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