Inequalities During and After Transition in Central and Eastern Europe

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Cristiano Perugini, Fabrizio Pompei

      Pages 1-11

   2. Income Distribution During and After Transition: A Conceptual Framework

      • Cristiano Perugini, Fabrizio Pompei

      Pages 12-37

3. Personal and Functional Income Distribution Patterns During Transition

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39

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   2. The Drivers of Personal Income Inequality in Transition, and the Role of Reform Approaches

      • David Aristei, Cristiano Perugini

      Pages 41-58

   3. Functional Income Distribution in European Transition Countries

      • Ana Rincon-Aznar, Michela Vecchi, Francesco Venturini

      Pages 59-92

   4. Emigration, Employment and Inequality in Post-communist Countries

      • Cristiano Perugini, Fabrizio Pompei

      Pages 93-115

4. Microeconomic Analysis of Income Distributions and the Role of Institutional Settings

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117

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   2. Income Mobility in the New EU Member States

      • David Aristei, Cristiano Perugini

      Pages 119-143

   3. Earnings Inequality and Job Positions across Post-communist European Economies

      • Cristiano Perugini, Fabrizio Pompei

      Pages 144-169

   4. Wage Inequality between and within Education Levels in Transition Countries

      • Cristiano Perugini, Fabrizio Pompei

      Pages 170-197

   5. Gender Earnings Inequality in the New EU Member States

      • Cristiano Perugini, Ekaterina Selezneva

      Pages 198-221

   6. Gender Wage Inequality in the Western Balkans

      • Marko Vladisavljević, Sonja Avlijaš, Sunčica Vujić

      Pages 222-243

5. Redistributive Preferences and Arrangements

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 245-245

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   2. The Solidarity Principle in the New EU Member States

      • Valentina Colcelli

      Pages 247-264

   3. Social Preferences for Redistribution in Central Eastern Europe and in the Baltic Countries

      • David Aristei, Cristiano Perugini

      Pages 265-283

   4. Welfare and Redistribution in Post-communist Countries

      • Martin Myant, Jan Drahokoupil

      Pages 284-305

6. Back Matter

   Pages 307-315

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7. Redistributive Preferences and Arrangements

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 245-245

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The book deals with the key aspects of social and economic inequalities developed during the transition of the formerly planned European economies. Particular emphasis is given to the latest years available in order to consider the effects of the global crisis started in 2008-2009.

• Income inequality
• wage inequality
• transition
• institutions
• EU
• Eastern Europe
• employment
• income distribution
• migration
• mobility
• Transition Countries

“A welcome addition to the ongoing discussion, since it focuses on a region where inequality is often assumed to be a less pressing issue due to the common state socialist past. … The way the volume is structured around the theoretical framework and its comparative nature makes it a good choice for readers both in academia and in policy making who wish to familiarise themselves with the region and expand their knowledge on how different institutional set-ups influence inequality.” (Ákos Máté, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 68 (7), 2016)

• University of Perugia, Italy

  Cristiano Perugini, Fabrizio Pompei

Cristiano Perugini is Associate Professor in Political Economy and J. Monnet Professor of European Integration Studies at the University of Perugia, Italy. He is Research Associate at Fren, Belgrade. His interests lie in income and wage inequality, labour markets and transition economies. He has published his works in The Review of Income and Wealth, Economic Systems, Economics of Transition and the Cambridge Journal of Economics, among others.

Fabrizio Pompei is Assistant Professor in Political Economy at the University of Perugia, Italy. His main research interests are focused on the relationships between labour, productivity and innovation, and their effects on wage inequalities in a comparative perspective. On these topics he has published extensively in international journals including International Labour Review, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Energy Economics and International Review of Applied Economics<.