Patterns of Regional Inequality in Transition Economies

Mechanisms of Inequality in Transition Economies

We analyze the causes and mechanisms of inequality in Post-Soviet Union transition economies. First, we show that both economic globalisation – namely, import, export, and foreign direct investment – and institutional factors – namely, privatisation reforms, labour market liberalisation, and product market liberalisation – are strongly associated with within-country rises in inequality. However...

Factors Influencing Income Inequality in Transition Economies

A sharp rise of income inequality in the transition countries has caused a wide-ranging discussion about the factors affecting inequality. The present paper investigates a number of factors that influence income inequality in the transition countries. The main contribution of the study lies in its different approach to analysing these factors. While previous studies have either mainly focussed ...

Poverty, Inequality, and Social Policy in Transition Economies

What happens to poverty and income inequality during the and Social Policy early period of transition to a

Human Capital , Growth and Inequality in Transition Economies

Inter-Regional Migration in Transition Economies: The Case of Poland

In this paper, we modify the Harris-Todaro model of migration to incorporate the impact of human capital, housing stock and the availability of publicly provided goods like health care and road provision in order to analyse the determinants of migration in different regions of Poland. We apply the Seemingly Unrelated Regression Equation [SURE] model to investigate the data. Our results show tha...