Income Inequality and Poverty in Eastern and Western Europe

ISBN-13: 9783790809749 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 253 str.

Notburga Ott; Gert G. Wagner

Opis

Containing analysis of income inequality and poverty in a comparative context, this book contains articles on the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Russia under transition. Western European countries are also examined in this context. References to public-use files are given.

Spis treści

Income Inequality and Poverty in Eastern and Western Europe: An Introduction.- Competitive or Cooperative Welfare Policies in Europe?.- The Main Problems of International Comparative Poverty Research.- Working Poor: “Inequitable” Wages in Germany and in Europe! — (Higher) Minimum Wages as an Instrument of Justice?.- Measurement of Poverty — Examplified by the German Case.- Poverty and Social Security Transfers — Results for Seven Countries and Regions in the EC.- Old Age Poverty in Selected Countries of the European Union — Are Women Disproportionally Affected?.- Changes in the Rate and Types of Poverty: The Czech and Slovak Republics 1990–1993.- Social Inequality and Poverty in Russia.- Poverty in Hungary — Some Results of the First Two Waves of the Hungarian Household Panel Survey in 1992 and 1993.- Income Inequality and Poverty Dynamics in Poland and East-Germany Before and Under Transition.- Trends in the Income Distribution of Unified Germany Analyzed by Decomposable Inequality Measures.