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Author:   Notburga Ott ,  Gert G. Wagner
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Physica-Verlag GmbH & Co
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.406kg
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9783790809749

ISBN 10:   3790809748
Pages:   253
Publication Date:   18 November 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Income Inequality and Poverty in Eastern and Western Europe: An Introduction.- Competitive or Cooperative Welfare Policies in Europe?.- The Main Problems of International Comparative Poverty Research.- Working Poor: “Inequitable” Wages in Germany and in Europe! — (Higher) Minimum Wages as an Instrument of Justice?.- Measurement of Poverty — Examplified by the German Case.- Poverty and Social Security Transfers — Results for Seven Countries and Regions in the EC.- Old Age Poverty in Selected Countries of the European Union — Are Women Disproportionally Affected?.- Changes in the Rate and Types of Poverty: The Czech and Slovak Republics 1990–1993.- Social Inequality and Poverty in Russia.- Poverty in Hungary — Some Results of the First Two Waves of the Hungarian Household Panel Survey in 1992 and 1993.- Income Inequality and Poverty Dynamics in Poland and East-Germany Before and Under Transition.- Trends in the Income Distribution of Unified Germany Analyzed by Decomposable Inequality Measures.

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