 Gender Earnings Inequality in the New EU Member StatesCristiano Perugini and Ekaterina Selezneva Chapter 8 in Inequalities During and After Transition in Central and Eastern Europe, 2015, pp 198-221 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract The emphasis on economic and social equality was a hallmark of the socialist ideology. The countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union were actually able to maintain remarkably equal distributions of income under central planning, and were often identified as the most equal countries in the world (Atkinson and Micklewright, 1992). Yet, notable forms of disparity in living standards — associated with neither monetary flows nor property rights and thus invisible to statistics — certainly existed, and often reflected the position of individuals in the political sphere (Milanovic, 1998). The transition into market-based capitalistic systems entailed a widening of all forms of inequality (Aristei and Perugini, 2012); among them, gender disparities and their evolution played a not inconsiderable role. The crisis that started in 2008 played an additional role in reshaping the gender earnings gap patterns in the region. Keywords: Quantile Regression; Wage Inequality; Union Density; Employment Protection Legislation; Labour Market Institution (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:stuchp:978-1-137-46098-1_9 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Studies in Economic Transition from Palgrave Macmillan |
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