Inequalities During and After Transition in Central and Eastern Europe

Cristiano Perugini is Associate Professor in Political Economy and J. Monnet Professor of European Integration Studies at the University of Perugia, Italy. He is Research Associate at Fren, Belgrade. His interests lie in income and wage inequality, labour markets and transition economies. He has published his works in The Review of Income and Wealth, Economic Systems, Economics of Transition and the Cambridge Journal of Economics, among others.Fabrizio Pompei is Assistant Professor in Political Economy at the University of Perugia, Italy. His main research interests are focused on the relationships between labour, productivity and innovation, and their effects on wage inequalities in a comparative perspective. On these topics he has published extensively in international journals including International Labour Review, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Energy Economics and International Review of Applied Economics<.

• Foreword; Jens Holscher Introduction; Cristiano Perugini and Fabrizio Pompei 1. Income Distribution During and After Transition: a Conceptual Framework; Cristiano Perugini and Fabrizio Pompei PART I: PERSONAL AND FUNCTIONAL INCOME DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS DURING TRANSITION 2. The Drivers of Personal Income Inequality in Transition and the Role of Reform Approaches; David Aristei and Cristiano Perugini 3. Functional Income Distribution in European Transition Countries; Ana Rincon-Aznar, Francesco Venturini, Michela Vecchi 4. Emigration, Employment and Inequality in Post-Communist Countries; Cristiano Perugini and Fabrizio Pompei PART II: MICROECONOMICS ANALYSIS OF INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS AND THE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONAL SETTINGS 5. Income Mobility in the New EU Member States; David Aristei and Cristiano Perugini 6. Earnings Inequality and Job Positions across Post-Communist European Economies; Cristiano Perugini and Fabrizio Pompei 7. Wage Inequality Between and Within Education Levels in Transition Countries; Cristiano Perugini and Fabrizio Pompei 8. Gender Earnings Inequality in the New EU Member States; Cristiano Perugini and Ekaterina Selezneva 9. Gender Wage Inequality in the Western Balkans; Marko Vladisavljevic, Sonja Avlijas and Suncica Vujic PART III: REDISTRIBUTIVE PREFERENCES AND ARRANGEMENTS 10. The Solidarity Principle in the New EU Member States; Valentina Colcelli 11. Social Preferences for Redistribution in Central Eastern Europe and in the Baltic Countries; David Aristei and Cristiano Perugini 12. Welfare and Redistribution in Post-Communist Countries; Martin Myant and Jan Drahokoupil

“A welcome addition to the ongoing discussion, since it focuses on a region where inequality is often assumed to be a less pressing issue due to the common state socialist past. … The way the volume is structured around the theoretical framework and its comparative nature makes it a good choice for readers both in academia and in policy making who wish to familiarise themselves with the region and expand their knowledge on how different institutional set-ups influence inequality.” (Ákos Máté, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 68 (7), 2016)