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A Gini decomposition analysis of inequality in the Czech and Slovak Republics during the transition 1
dc.contributor.authorGarner, Thesia I.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTerrell, Katherineen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-01T18:30:09Z
dc.date.available2010-06-01T18:30:09Z
dc.date.issued1998-05en_US
dc.identifier.citationGarner, Thesia I.; Terrell, Katherine (1998). "A Gini decomposition analysis of inequality in the Czech and Slovak Republics during the transition 1 ." Economics of Transition 6(1): 23-46. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/71709>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0967-0750en_US
dc.identifier.issn1468-0351en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/71709
dc.description.abstractDisposable income inequality, as measured by the Gini coefficient and using the Family Budget Survey data, increased very little, and by a similar amount, from 1989 to 1993 in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. This surprising result is examined with an analysis of changes in the channels of redistribution and Gini decomposition. We find that the sizeable increase in overall inequality due to changes in the wage earnings component is mitigated by changes in the tax and transfer components in both republics. As for the relative effects of government policies, changes in the transfer component contributed more than changes in the tax component to lowering the growth of inequality in the Czech Republic, while the reverse was true for Slovakia.en_US
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dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden_US
dc.rightsThe European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 1998en_US
dc.subject.otherKeywords: Household Incomeen_US
dc.subject.otherInequalityen_US
dc.subject.otherTaxesen_US
dc.subject.otherTransfersen_US
dc.subject.otherTransitionen_US
dc.titleA Gini decomposition analysis of inequality in the Czech and Slovak Republics during the transition 1en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEconomicsen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelBusinessen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationum** University of Michigan Business School and William Davidson Institute Ann Arbor Michigan 48109, Tel: + (1) 734 647 5844, Fax: + 734 936 8715, E-mail: terrell@umich.eduen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationother* Bureau of Labor statistics US Department of Labor Washington D.C. USA, Tel: +(1) 202 606 6579 Ext.596, Fax: +(1) 202 606 6583, E-Mail: Garner_t@BLS.goven_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1468-0351.1998.tb00035.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourceEconomics of Transitionen_US
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