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Under the Soviet system, the Central and East European (CEE) countriesmaintained the most equal distributions of income in the world. Hence greater incomeinequality was an expected outcome of the transition from a command to a marketeconomy. Indeed, as prices were liberalized and market forces unleashed, workers withscarce skills saw their earnings rise, while others suffered severe declines in theirearnings and even unemployment

The papers in Measurement of Poverty, Deprivation, and Social Exclusion represent the most current research on poverty, deprivation, and income mobility. They illustrate the multidimensionality of poverty that is difficult to capture in any one measure. The volume presents state-of-the-art research that is relevant to poverty academics globally. The papers use a variety of methods that measure the persistence of poverty over time and cover numerous countries and circumstances. A selection of papers focus on single countries while others include comparisons of countries. The volume begins with...