Reform and Inequality during the Transition: An Analysis Using Panel Household Survey Data, 1990-2005

Branko Milanovic and Lire Ersado

No wp-2010-062, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper, using for the first time household survey data from 26 post-communist countries, covering the period 1990-2005, examines correlates of unprecedented increases in inequality registered by most of these economies. We find that, after controlling for country-fixed effects and type of survey used, economic reform (measured by the EBRD index) is strongly negatively associated with bottom deciles' income shares and positively with income shares of the top two deciles.

Keywords: Economic policy; Income distribution; Panel analysis; Post-communism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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