Income inequality and poverty in eastern and western Europe

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The main purpose of this book is the analysis of income inequality and poverty in a comparative context. The book contains articles on the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Russia under transition. Western European countries which are under consideration are: Belgium, Catalonia, France, Germany (East and West), Greece, Ireland, Italy, Lorraine, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom. Objective as well as the subjective approaches for measurement of poverty are used. The book gives references to public-use files which could be used for personal research by readers. Notburga Ott, Gert G. Wagner Eds (Contributions to Economics)