Consumption and Income Inequality in Poland During the Economic Transition /

This paper challenges the conventional wisdom that income inequality in Poland increased substantially following the economic transition in 1989-90. The results, based on micro data from the 1985-92 Household Budget Surveys, indicate that overall income inequality increased during the initial stages...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Prasad, Eswar
Other Authors: Keane, Michael
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1999/014
Online Access:Full text available on IMF