01742cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF000221 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451843071 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Weder, Beatrice. Economic Transformation and Income Distribution : Some Evidence From the Baltic Countries / Beatrice Weder, Peter Cornelius. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1996. 1 online resource (24 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students A transition from a centrally planned to a market economy implies a massive reallocation of resources requiring realignments in relative prices, which may have important distributional effects. This paper examines the extent to which income differentials have changed in countries where bold reforms have been introduced. Discussing the experience in the Baltic states, it finds that-largely due to a significant increase in the dispersion of earnings-recorded income differentials in these countries have widened markedly and that the redistributive effects of social assistance and tax policies have been only marginal. Mode of access: Internet Cornelius, Peter. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1996/014 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1996/014/001.1996.issue-014-en.xml IMF e-Library