Is the Kuznets Hypothesis Valid for Transition Countries?

Olga Demidova

Chapter 9 in Economic Growth and Structural Features of Transition, 2010, pp 189-205 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The aim of this chapter is to validate the Kuznets hypothesis which states that the inequality in the distribution of income increases at lower levels of income and then decreases once a threshold level of per capita income is reached for the transition countries.

Keywords: Income Inequality; Income Distribution; Gini Index; Lorenz Curve; Transition Country (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230277403_10

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