Determinants of Soviet Household Income

Determinants of Soviet Household Income

World Values Survey data are used to examine household income in the Soviet Union. The data, gathered Summer/Fall 1990, provide a rare opportunity to empirically examine microeconomic factors influencing a Soviet household’s position in the regional/national income distribution. The survey contains...

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Main Author: by Kenneth Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università Carlo Cattaneo LIUC 2007-06-01
Series:The European Journal of Comparative Economics
Subjects:
income distribution
household income
Soviet Union
Online Access:http://eaces.liuc.it/18242979200701/182429792007040101.pdf
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Determinants of Soviet Household Income
The European Journal of Comparative Economics
income distribution
household income
Soviet Union
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title Determinants of Soviet Household Income
title_short Determinants of Soviet Household Income
title_full Determinants of Soviet Household Income
title_fullStr Determinants of Soviet Household Income
title_full_unstemmed Determinants of Soviet Household Income
title_sort determinants of soviet household income
publisher Università Carlo Cattaneo LIUC
series The European Journal of Comparative Economics
issn 1824-2979
publishDate 2007-06-01
description World Values Survey data are used to examine household income in the Soviet Union. The data, gathered Summer/Fall 1990, provide a rare opportunity to empirically examine microeconomic factors influencing a Soviet household’s position in the regional/national income distribution. The survey contains data - collected regionally - from the three Baltic republics, Belarus, and the Moscow region. The data indicate certain patterns that existed and determined Soviet household income though there are often considerable regional variations. Further, there are marked differences between income distribution determinants in the Soviet Union and the U.S. and West Germany though similarities exist as well
topic income distribution
household income
Soviet Union
url http://eaces.liuc.it/18242979200701/182429792007040101.pdf
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