The aim of the book is to investigate, theoretically and empirically, key aspects of social and economic inequalities that developed during the transition of the formerly planned European economies. Although the focus is mainly on new EU member states, coverage of the analysis is extended to countries of the former Soviet Union and former Yugoslavia wherever possible. The empirical analyses generally consider the two decades after the start of transition; however, particular emphasis is given to more recent years in order to consider the effects of the global crisis that began in 2008-2009. All analyses are carried out adopting a comparative perspective and, whenever possible, Western EU members are used as benchmarks.
This collection of contributions brings together the latest research on inequality and transition economies.
Author(s): Cristiano Perugini, Fabrizio Pompei
Series: Studies in Economic Transition
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2015
Language: English
Pages: xiv+316
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Foreword; Jens Hölscher
Introduction; Cristiano Perugini and Fabrizio Pompei
1. Income Distribution During and After Transition: a Conceptual Framework; Cristiano Perugini and Fabrizio Pompei
PART I: PERSONAL AND FUNCTIONAL INCOME DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS DURING TRANSITION
2. The Drivers of Personal Income Inequality in Transition and the Role of Reform Approaches; David Aristei and Cristiano Perugini
3. Functional Income Distribution in European Transition Countries; Ana Rincon-Aznar, Francesco Venturini, Michela Vecchi
4. Emigration, Employment and Inequality in Post-Communist Countries; Cristiano Perugini and Fabrizio Pompei
PART II: MICROECONOMICS ANALYSIS OF INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS AND THE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONAL SETTINGS
5. Income Mobility in the New EU Member States; David Aristei and Cristiano Perugini
6. Earnings Inequality and Job Positions across Post-Communist European Economies; Cristiano Perugini and Fabrizio Pompei
7. Wage Inequality Between and Within Education Levels in Transition Countries; Cristiano Perugini and Fabrizio Pompei
8. Gender Earnings Inequality in the New EU Member States; Cristiano Perugini and Ekaterina Selezneva
9. Gender Wage Inequality in the Western Balkans; Marko Vladisavljević, Sonja Avlijaš and Sunčica Vujić
PART III: REDISTRIBUTIVE PREFERENCES AND ARRANGEMENTS
10. The Solidarity Principle in the New EU Member States; Valentina Colcelli
11. Social Preferences for Redistribution in Central Eastern Europe and in the Baltic Countries; David Aristei and Cristiano Perugini
12. Welfare and Redistribution in Post-Communist Countries; Martin Myant and Jan Drahokoupil
