2011 03 wiiw bo wp 096 Sebastian Leitner and Robert Stehrer Subgroup and Shapely Value Decompositions of Multidimensional Inequality: An Application to South East European Countries (PDF) Abstract Inequality is a multidimensional phenomenon though it is often discussed along a single dimension like income. This is also the case for the various decomposition approaches of […]

2011 03 wiiw bo wp 095 Silviya Nikolova, Nikolay Markov, Boyko Nikolov and Nasko Dochev Inequality and Public Policy: A Country Study for Bulgaria (PDF) Abstract This paper is an attempt for measuring the impact of public policy on the inequality in Bulgaria. An analysis based on the Bulgarian Household Budget Surveys shows that the […]

2011 03 wiiw bo wp 094 Isilda Mara and Edlira Narazani The Effects of Flat Tax on Inequality and Informal Employment: The Case of Albania (PDF) Abstract In this study we perform the first econometric attempt to estimate the trade-off between equity and efficiency of tax systems counting for the tax evasion option in a […]

2011 02 wiiw bo wp 093 Liviu Voinea and Flaviu Mihaescu A Contribution to the Public-Private Wage Inequality Debate: The Iconic Case of Romania (PDF) Abstract This paper studies the public-private wage inequality in Romania. Although public sector employment is perceived as safer and offers more benefits, we find that in Romania it also offers […]

2011 02 wiiw bo wp 092 Nermin Oruč Do Social Transfers “Crowd-Out” Remittances: Evidence from Bosnia (PDF) Abstract This paper presents the results of estimation of the model of interaction between social transfers and remittances. Compared to previous studies, this paper estimates non-monotonic “crowding out” effect by an innovative empirical model specification. The model is […]

2011 02 wiiw bo wp 091 Kosovka Ognjenović Wage Differences between the Private and the Public Sector in Serbia: Some Evidence from Survey Data (PDF) Abstract In this paper is estimated the wage gap between the public and the private sector in Serbia, for women and men separately. The results show that, with advance of […]

2011 01 wiiw bo wp 090 Tamara Podvysotskaya, Elena Osinkina, Larysa Krasnikova and Yuriy Podvysotskiy Does health Matter for Inequality in Transition Countries: The Case of Ukraine (PDF) Abstract Significant deterioration in health and income inequality in Ukraine as well as in other CIS countries during the early transition motivated us to investigate the relationship […]

2011 01 wiiw bo wp 089 Vesselin Mintchev, Venelin Boshnakov and Alexander Naydenov Sources of Income Inequality: Empirical Evidence from Bulgaria (PDF) Abstract The paper contributes to the empirical research on the micro-determinants of income inequality in Southeast European transition countries. The analysis utilizes data from a representative survey of 3,300 Bulgarian households conducted in […]

2010 12 wiiw bo wp 088 Marat Ibragimov, Rustam Ibragimov and Rufat Khamidov Measuring Inequality in CIS Countries: Theory and Empirics (PDF) Abstract Distributions of many variables of interest in developed economic and financial markets, including income and wealth, exhibit heavy tails as in the case of Pareto or power laws. Many commonly used income […]