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.

A model of household decisions based on a bargaining approach is developed providing a comprehensive framework for the analysis of family behavior. Treating the family as an economic organization, household behavior is explained by the cooperation of utility maximizing individuals. The difference to traditional microeconomic household models is that theassumption of a joint household utility function is abandoned. Instead of this, a game theoretic approach is used to model family decisions as a result of intrafamily bargaining. Considering the development of the spouses human capital in a...