01830cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF000802 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451843101 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Prasad, Eswar. Consumption and Income Inequality in Poland During the Economic Transition / Eswar Prasad, Michael Keane. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999. 1 online resource (49 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 This paper challenges the conventional wisdom that income inequality in Poland increased substantially following the economic transition in 1989-90. The results, based on micro data from the 1985-92 Household Budget Surveys, indicate that overall income inequality increased during the initial stages of the transition but then declined to pre-transition levels. Consumption distributions reveal a similar pattern. However, earnings inequality did increase markedly after the transition and the relative well-being of different socio-economic groups was altered. Absolute poverty levels increased during the transition, but this increase is attributable to declines in mean income and consumption rather than to changes in inequality. Mode of access: Internet Keane, Michael. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1999/014 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1999/014/001.1999.issue-014-en.xml IMF e-Library