The Emerging Aversion to Inequality: Evidence from Poland 1992-2005

Irena Grosfeld and Claudia Senik ()

No wp919, William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series from William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School

Abstract: This paper provides an illustration of the changing tolerance for inequality in a context of radical political and economic transformation and rapid economic growth. We focus on the Polish experience of transition and explore self-declared attitudes of the citizens. Using monthly representative surveys of the population, realized by the Polish poll institute (CBOS) from 1992 to 2005, we identify a structural break in the relation between income inequality and subjective evaluation of well-being. The downturn in the tolerance for inequality (1997) coincides with the increasing distrust of political elites.

Keywords: inequality; subjective satisfaction; breakpoint; transition. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C25 D31 I30 P20 P26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2008-04-01
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