Emerging Inequalities in Central and Eastern Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7635362 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barbara Heyns (New York University) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 163-197 |
| Publication date | 2005-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annual Review of Sociology (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0360-0572 • E-ISSN: 1545-2115 |
| Publisher | Annual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1146/annurev.soc.30.012703.110637 |
| OpenAlex | W2150236555 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 80 |
| References cited | 163 |
Market transitions are thought to inevitably produce spiraling inequality on the road to economic growth. This review provides an overview of research evaluating inequality in income and wages in Central and Eastern Europe since 1989. The empirical studies agree that inequality has increased, but disagree about the amount, pace, source, and explanation of change. Patterns of inequality are unrelated to economic performance, to the pace or timing of reform, or to rates of subsequent growth. Inequality increased the most in the least successful countries and the least in those countries with historic cultural connections to the West. Inequalities by age, education, region of the country, and health status increased; differences by gender appear to have declined. Although data are plentiful and promising, it is not yet possible to conclude that patterns of inequality among postcommunist countries are due to the genesis of capitalism, to social and cultural assimilation to the West, to adaptations of redistributive institutions to deal with poverty and unemployment, or to globalization
Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economic inequality · Economics · Geography · Globalization · Income inequality metrics · Inequality · Market economy · Pace · Poverty · Social inequality · Unemployment · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Social Policy and Reform Studies
PostsozialistischeWohlfahrtsregime in Europa – Teil der „DreiWelten“oder eigener Typus?
Financialization and Wage Inequality in Urban China
Effects of transition on the standard of living and social inequality
Privatization and patriarchy
Hierarchies and categorical power in cross-border science
Gender and Job Mobility in Postsocialist China
Kelet-Közép-Európa térszerkezeti képe
Social inequalities in health
Single Mothers Always Lose? Union Dissolution and Perceived Changes in Material Well-Being in Lithuania
The grass is always greener on the other side
The Recruitment Paradox
Bodies as Arenas of Experimentation
Market transformation and the opportunity structure for gender inequality
From institutional segmentation to market fragmentation
The new income inequality and well-being paradigm
The Economic Position of the Economic Elite in Serbia
Legitimizing Inequality
The Effect of State Transfers on Poverty in Post-Socialist Eastern Europe
Income Affluence in Poland
Health inequalities in Eastern Europe. Does the role of the welfare regime differ from Western Europe
Suicide rates and socioeconomic factors in Eastern European countries after the collapse of the Soviet Union
Transitions that Matter? Czechoslovakia’s Break up and Human Stature
Rebuilding Walls
The transition process and institutions
Cultural Capital, Gender and Intergenerational Educational Mobility in Post-Communist Space
Diverging fortunes
Middle Class Identity in the Modern World
Knowing where you stand
Income inequality and its driving forces in transitional countries
A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Patterns in the Acceleration and the Catching Up Performance of the Former Soviet Union Republics
Shifting determinants of socioeconomic status in North Korea
The distribution of housing wealth in 16 European countries
Life Stages and Transformations of the Labor Market
Trust and health in E astern E urope
Unpaid Care for Elderly Parents and Labor Supply Among Older Working-Age Men and Women Across Europe
Economic violence against women
Education and transition from cohabitation to marriage in Lithuania
Life Course Socioeconomic Position and Mid-Late Life Cognitive Function in Eastern Europe
East European Discontent
Where the grass is greener
A Post-Socialist Capitalism
Multiple Winning Formulae? Far Right Voters and Parties in Eastern Europe
Gender differences in subjective well-being in Central and Eastern Europe
Economic inequality, status perceptions, and subjective well-being in China's transitional economy
Paradoxes of (Post)Socialist Segregation
Market transition, labor market dynamics and reconfiguration of earning determinants structure in urban China
Measuring socio-economic disparities in green space availability in post-socialist cities
From Motherhood Premium to Motherhood Penalty? Heterogeneous Effects of Motherhood Stages on Women’s Economic Outcomes in Urban China
In line or at odds with active ageing policies? Exploring patterns of retirement preferences in Europe
Who Wants to Redistribute? An Analysis of 14 Post‐Soviet Nations
Cultural capital and academic achievement in post-socialist Eastern Europe
The Educational Gradient in Marriage
The Hybrid Spatialities of Transition
Environmental Concerns in Cross-National Context
The Long-term Development of Socio-spatial Differentiation in Socialist and Post-socialist Prague
How Socio-Economic Change Shapes Income Inequality in Post-Socialist Europe
Correlates of National-level Homicide Variation in Post-Communist East-Central Europe
Legislature size and inequality
Foreign direct investment, sectoral distribution and income inequality in developed and developing economies
Economic marginalization of ethnic minorities in Eastern Europe
Foreign Investment and Income Inequality
Does inequality erode generalized trust? Evidence from Romanian youths
About Some 19th-Century Theories of Suicide
Who Is in Charge of Family Finances in the Russian Two-Earner Households
Charity's dilemmas
Socioeconomic Adaptation of Post-1991 Eastern European Immigrants in the USA
Women as Workers and as Carers under Communism and After
Age, Inequality, and Reactions to Marketization in Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe
Economic inequality and its asymmetric effect on civic engagement
Great Expectations? Variation in Educational Plans of Students in Post-Socialist Eastern Europe
One electorate or many? Differences in party preference formation between new and established European democracies
Czech Republic
Class, Culture, and Consumption
Income Inequality in Urban China, 1978-2005
Mafia Baroque
The Social Bases of Political Divisions in Post-Communist Eastern Europe
Inequality and Social Stratification in Postsocialist China
Market Transition, Industrialization, and Social Mobility Trends in Postrevolution China
Educational assortative mating, gender equality, and income differentiation across Europe
Stratification and the Poverty of Progress in Post-Communist Latvian Capitalism
Institutional Design in Post-Communist Societies
The Dynamics of the Breakthrough in Eastern Europe
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World Development Report 2004
Is Income Inequality a Determinant of Population Health? Part 1. A Systematic Review
Inequality and Growth
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East-West mortality divide and its potential explanations
The Political Economy of Pension Reform in Central–Eastern Europe
Inventing the NeedyGender and the Politics of Welfare in Hungary
Structural Change, Welfare Systems, and Labour Reallocation
Dilemmas of health promotion and political changes in Eastern Europe
The Dynamics of Child Poverty in Industrialised Countries
A Reassessment of the Relationship Between Inequality and Growth
A New Data Set Measuring Income Inequality
Political Equilibrium, Income Distribution, and Growth
Distribution and Development
The Political Economy of the Kuznets Curve
Inequality and Growth in a Panel of Countries
Organizational Dynamics of Market Transition
Promise and Pitfalls in the Use of “Secondary” Data-Sets
The Politics of Gender after Socialism
Inequality, Transfers, and Growth
Inequality and Economic Growth
Pension system reform in Slovenia
Child Poverty and Family Transfers in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland
Incomes in Central Europe
Beyond privatization
Eastern European welfare states
Male-female differences in labor market outcomes during the early transition to market
Power and the Logic of Distribution in Poland
Economic development and income inequality
Regional Inequality and Regional Polarization in Russia, 1990–99
The Kuznets curve
Should the Kuznets effect be relied on to induce equalizing growth
Inequality and development A critique
The effect on income distribution of development, the growth rate and economic strategy
New ways of looking at old issues
Occupational sex segregation in state socialist and market economies
Postsocialist inequalities
Marketization and income distribution in urban China, 1988 and 1995
Income inequality and social institutions
From Escalator to Hourglass
Inequality in Post-communism
Social Inequalities in State Socialist Redistributive Economies
Distribution of Incomes in Eastern Europe
Wage Structure and Gender Earnings Differentials
Explaining International and Intertemporal Variations in Income Inequality
Bringing Income Distribution in From the Cold
Tracing the beginning of the Kuznets curve
Policy implications of differential health status in East and West Europe. The case of Hungary
Explaining rising mortality among men in Eastern Europe
Self-perceived health in East and West Europe
Eastern European transition and suicide mortality
Women in Transition
Income Transitions in Central European Households
Gender and the experience of poverty in Eastern Europe and Russia after 1989
Is the East European “underclass” feminized
Self-employment in post-communist Eastern Europe
Regional Variation in Earnings Inequality in Reform-Era Urban China
Changes in Gender Inequality in Six Eastern European Countries
Winners and Losers in the Postcommunist Transition
The Effect of Political Democracy and Social Democracy on Equality in Industrial Societies
World Development Report 2005
Russia Between Elections
Distributive Politics and Economic Growth
The age of extremes
Inequality
The Persistence of Gender Inequality in Earnings in the German Democratic Republic
A Theory of Market Transition
Social Inequalities in Reforming State Socialism
Income Inequality, Development, and Dependence
Income Inequality and Industrial Development
Does the Market Pay off? Earnings Returns to Education in Urban China
Political Democracy and the Size Distribution of Income
In Search of Smoking Guns
Markets and Income Inequality in Rural China
The Effects of International Economic Dependence on Development and Inequality
Market Transition and the Persistence of Power
Democracy, Economic Development, and Income Inequality
Political Rights and Income Inequality
Socioeconomic factors, material inequalities, and perceived control in self-rated health
The relationship of income inequality to mortality
Determinants of Relative Poverty in Advanced Capitalist Democracies
Poverty and the Economic Transition in the Russian Federation
Half Full or Half Empty
Toward a theory of the role of the state in market transition
The Gender Earnings Differential in the Russian Transition Economy
Stratification Dynamics under State Socialism
Cross-National Determinants of Income Inequality
Polity, Economy and Technoecology
Work Units and Income Inequality
The Legitimation of Income Inequality in State-socialist and Market Societies
Market Transition and Societal Transformation in Reforming State Socialism
Income Inequality and Economic Development
Earnings distribution in Czechoslovakia
Education as a Factor in Intergenerational Mobility in Soviet Society
Globalization and the Great U-Turn
The Market Transition Debate
Markets and Inequality in Transitional Economies
| Unique citing works | 80 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2026 (21) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 80 |