Income Inequality and Poverty in Eastern and Western Europe [Paperback]

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 19901993.- 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.Springer Book ArchivesDE