Reevaluating Distributional Consequences of the Transition to Market Economy in Poland: New Results From Combined Household Survey and Tax Return Data

Brzeziński, Michał; Myck, Michał; Najsztub, Mateusz

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3497394

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“…While in Russia and in many post-Soviet economies, inequality exploded during the transition, Poland is often perceived as a country where inequality grew rather moderately. In contrast to the standard view [21,22] show that the inequality of living standards in Poland grew sharply over 1989-2015. They present that the adjusted Gini index grew to a level that ranks Poland among the most unequal European countries.…”

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LC and LC-IRT Models in the Identification of Polish Households with Similar Perception of Financial Position

Genge

2021

Sustainability

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One of the pillars of sustainable development is related to the elimination of poverty and improvement of quality of life. Financial situation of the households plays a crucial role in the subjective well-being, quality of life and overall satisfaction. According to most recent Eurostat data, Poland is one of the countries with the lowest level of subjective material well-being. In this paper we aim to find latent structures of Poles with similar tendency of self-reporting their income position additionally influenced by the socio-economic features and analyze the item characteristics of the questionnaire as well. To address the questions at hand, first we apply the variant of finite mixture models, i.e., latent class (LC) model for data from all, eight waves (2000–2015) of the Polish Household Panel. We are especially focused on the constrained version of the model under IRT parameterization. We compare the results for LC and LC-IRT models and show the influence of the covariates such as family type, socio-economic status and place of living on the probability of belonging to the three identified classes of Polish households, based both on multinomial and global logit parameterization. In this way we can show which types of families tend to be more satisfied with their financial position and those whose members are prone to belong to the worst situated group of Poles. Note that, we present the results for the data including survey weighs, being omitted in most of the studies concerning Polish financial well-being.

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LC and LC-IRT Models in the Identification of Polish Households with Similar Perception of Financial Position

Genge

2021

Sustainability

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“…Income inequalities calculated on the basis of the disposable incomes (Gini coefficient after taxes and transfers, OECD IDD database) were at different levels across CEE countries between the 2004 and 2018 period. However, recent inequality research provides convincing evidence that survey data seem to be a less credible source of information about the levels of income than data derived from administrative sources, for instance, individual tax returns and aggregated income tax statistics [ 46 ]. Based on the Gini coefficient, in the whole period, income distribution was the most unequal in Baltic countries.…”

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Examining the relationships between income inequalities and different dimensions of well-being in selected Central Eastern European (CEE) countries

Szczepaniak

Geise

2021

PLoS ONE

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This article examines the relationships between different dimensions of well-being and income inequalities across selected Central Eastern European countries after joining the European Union in 2004. Regarding the multivariety of well-being concept, it explores its 5 dimensions (material dimension, health dimension, education dimension, environmental dimension, happiness). Accounting for the interactions between dimensions of well-being matters for the inequalities, we conducted an in-depth analysis by adopting PMG estimation and panel ARDL model to assess the short-run and long-run links between variables. The results of conducted analysis allowed us to identify the canals through which income inequalities are linked directly or indirectly with the particular dimensions of well-being. In the long run, all the dimensions of well-being significantly affected income inequalities, and income inequality shaped material dimension, health, education, natural environment, and happiness. However, in the short run, the only dimension that shaped income inequalities was education. Income inequalities directly affected both health dimension and happiness.

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“…It often ignores the issue of differences in labour productivity. While earlier studies [Brzeziński 2017] have pointed to relatively small income inequalities in Poland, the more recent ones [Brzeziński et. al.…”

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How big are labour productivity disparities in Poland

Ciżkowicz¹,

Łaszek²,

Rzońca³

2020

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The ongoing discussion on inequalities in Poland focuses on household income. It ignores the scale of differences in labour productivity. In order to fill this gap, having combined national accounts and employment data we show that a narrow group of 7.2 million people working in non-financial and financial enterprises account for almost 60% of Polish GDP and 75% of income tax revenues and social security contributions from the private sector. This structure of the economy represents both an opportunity and a threat to growth prospects. Flows of new employees to the enterprise sector from micro-businesses of low productivity or agriculture can considerably increase their productivity. At the same time, however, large differences in productivity, leading to income disparities, create the temptation to tax productive entities more heavily in order to finance transfers to less productive ones, which in turn perpetuates the current structure of the economy.

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Reevaluating Distributional Consequences of the Transition to Market Economy in Poland: New Results From Combined Household Survey and Tax Return Data

Cited by 5 publications

References 32 publications

LC and LC-IRT Models in the Identification of Polish Households with Similar Perception of Financial Position

LC and LC-IRT Models in the Identification of Polish Households with Similar Perception of Financial Position

Examining the relationships between income inequalities and different dimensions of well-being in selected Central Eastern European (CEE) countries

How big are labour productivity disparities in Poland

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