Economic Transformation and Income Distribution : Some Evidence From the Baltic Countries /

A transition from a centrally planned to a market economy implies a massive reallocation of resources requiring realignments in relative prices, which may have important distributional effects. This paper examines the extent to which income differentials have changed in countries where bold reforms...

Descripció completa

Dades bibliogràfiques
Autor principal: Weder, Beatrice
Altres autors: Cornelius, Peter
Format: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicat: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1996.
Col·lecció:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1996/014
Accés en línia:Full text available on IMF
LEADER 01742cas a2200253 a 4500
001 AALejournalIMF000221
008 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d
020 |c 5.00 USD 
020 |z 9781451843071 
022 |a 1018-5941 
040 |a BD-DhAAL  |c BD-DhAAL 
100 1 |a Weder, Beatrice. 
245 1 0 |a Economic Transformation and Income Distribution :   |b Some Evidence From the Baltic Countries /  |c Beatrice Weder, Peter Cornelius. 
264 1 |a Washington, D.C. :  |b International Monetary Fund,  |c 1996. 
300 |a 1 online resource (24 pages) 
490 1 |a IMF Working Papers 
500 |a <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required 
500 |a <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required 
506 |a Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students 
520 3 |a A transition from a centrally planned to a market economy implies a massive reallocation of resources requiring realignments in relative prices, which may have important distributional effects. This paper examines the extent to which income differentials have changed in countries where bold reforms have been introduced. Discussing the experience in the Baltic states, it finds that-largely due to a significant increase in the dispersion of earnings-recorded income differentials in these countries have widened markedly and that the redistributive effects of social assistance and tax policies have been only marginal. 
538 |a Mode of access: Internet 
700 1 |a Cornelius, Peter. 
830 0 |a IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;  |v No. 1996/014 
856 4 0 |z Full text available on IMF  |u http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1996/014/001.1996.issue-014-en.xml  |z IMF e-Library