The Economic System and Income Distribution in Yugoslavia / Edition 1

by Henryk Flakierski

Overview

This is the second volume in the author's ongoing inquiry into the extent of income inequality in the East European socialist countries and the effect of market-oriented reforms on patterns of income distribution. Although there has been remarkably little empirical research on this question (in part because of the problem of obtaining reliable data), both proponents and opponents of reforms voice strong views on this subject, with both sides, however, tending to grant the assumption that decentralization and the increased use of market mechanisms will increase inequality. In this study as in the preceding volume, "Economic Reform and Income Distribution: A Case Study of Hungary and Poland", Henryk Flakierski undertakes a study of the data in order to shed light on this question - this time with reference to the most decentralized of the East European economics and the one in which marketization of the economy has been most advanced.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780873326056
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/31/1989
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter I A Survey of Systemic Changes; Chapter II Statistical Analysis; Chapter III Skill Differentials and Self-Management; Chapter IV Interbranch Pay Differentials and Self-Management; Chapter V Conclusions: Is Self-Management the Villain?;

Editorial Reviews

An examination of the relationship between the self-management economic system and the pattern of income distribution in Yugoslavia. The Yugoslavian economy embodies elements of centralized planning, workers' self-management, and decentralized markets. Statistical analysis of wage and skill distributions yields suggestive findings, e.g. that decentralized markets have not increased social stratification. A possible interpretation of this finding is that the egalitarian nature of self-management inhibits the incentive effects of the market. With tables and notes. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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