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ABSTRACT: Supplementary information
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10887-021-09190-1.
SUBMITTER: Bukowski P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8550671 | biostudies-literature | 2021
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bukowski Paweł P Novokmet Filip F
Journal of economic growth (Boston, Mass.) 20210602 2
We construct the first consistent series on the long-term distribution of income in Poland by combining tax, household survey and national accounts data. We document a U-shaped evolution of inequalities from the end of the nineteenth century until today: (1) inequality was high before WWII; (2) abruptly fell after the introduction of communism in 1947 and stagnated at low levels during the whole communist period; (3) experienced a sharp rise with the return to capitalism in 1989. We find that of ...[more]