Publication Date

1-1-2003

DOI

10.17848/9780585469676

Abstract

The authors study the connection between economic reform and social policy, and why such reforms failed to produce the tide needed to lift all boats in the transition economies of eastern and central Europe and of Asia.

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Contents

  1. Social Policy in Emerging Market Economies
  2. Openness and Changes in Income Distribution
  3. Three Crises: Latin America, The Transition, East Asia
  4. Reforming Social Policy: The Cases of Chile and Korea
  5. Conclusions and Policy Recommendations

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9780880992701 (cloth) ; 9780880992695 (pbk.) ; 9780585469676 (ebook)

Subject Areas

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES; International labor comparisons; Transition economies

Income and Influence: Social Policy in Emerging Market Economies

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Kapstein, Ethan B., and Branko Milanovic. 2003. Income and Influence: Social Policy in Emerging Market Economies. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. https://doi.org/10.17848/9780585469676

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