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CHANGES IN INEQUALITY DURING THE TRANSITION
Gini coefficients of income per
capita (annual)
Country 1987-8 1996-7
Balkans and Poland 23 33
Bulgaria 22 36
Poland 25 34
Romania 23 30
Central Europe 21 25
Czech Republic 20 28
Hungary 24 25
Slovakia 19 24
Slovenia 22* 24
Baltics 25 33
Estonia 27 34
Latvia 25 32
Lithuania 24 32
Slavic Republic and Moldova 25 35
Belarus 24 25
Moldova 26 46
Russia 26 38
Ukraine 25 31
Central Asia 31 35
Kazakhstan 29 33**
Kyrgyz Republic 31 35**
Turkmenistan 32 36
All transition 25 32
Note: The income concept per capita household income.
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** 1993
Source: UNU/WIDER World Income Inequality Database.

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STRUCTURE OF INCOME (%)
Source of income
Russia Ukraine Poland Latvia
1990 1996 1990 1995 1989 1996 1990 1996
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and salaries)
74.1 40.5 67.5 42.6 57.3 45.4 72.6 50.0
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JOB MOBILITY OF MANAGERS, EXPERTS, AND OFFICE WORKERS BETWEEN 1988 AND
1993 IN POLAND
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Top
managers
Middle
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Experts Office
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