Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/95596 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
LIS Working Paper Series No. 443
Publisher: 
Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), Luxembourg
Abstract: 
This paper examines inequality patterns in the 1990s in Poland, Russia and Hungary. We consider three different definitions of income and analyse the contributions to inequality of their main components using LIS micro data. Inequality is measured using the Gini and Theil indices, which in turn are decomposed by source using two alternative approaches (the Shorrocks' axiomatic approach and the Theil-based decomposition). The role of transfers and taxes in mitigating total inequality during the transition period is highlighted, as are the contributions of market factors.
Subjects: 
Inequality
Income sources
Decomposition
Transition economies
JEL: 
D31
O15
P20
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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