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Author: Kallas, Raoul
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1. Olsen, Randall J.
Titma, Mikk
Kallas, Raoul
A Comparison of Inequality in the United States and Estonia
Report, Columbus OH: Center for Human Resource Research, The Ohio State University, 1991
Cohort(s): Young Men, Young Women
Publisher: Center for Human Resource Research
Keyword(s): Assets; Behavioral Problems; Cross-national Analysis; Earnings; Estonia, Estonian Labour Force Survey; Family Income; Gender Differences; Income; Income Distribution; Life Cycle Research; Marital Status; Racial Differences; Wages; Wealth

Data on income and asset holdings in the NLS of Young Men's and Young Women's cohorts from the late 1960s and early 1980s are compared with similar data taken from a longitudinal survey done in Estonia that covers the same time period and the same approximate age cohort of young persons. Cross-country inequality comparisons are dangerous, especially because the Soviet system provides an important part of income in the form of subsidized housing and food. However, both the U.S. and Estonian data show a common pattern of time-invariant income distributions when we follow a cohort through the early years of the life-cycle. Asset inequality, as measured by Gini coefficients, is larger in the U.S.; however, there are serious problems in measuring asset values in Estonia.
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Olsen, Randall J., Mikk Titma and Raoul Kallas. "A Comparison of Inequality in the United States and Estonia." Report, Columbus OH: Center for Human Resource Research, The Ohio State University, 1991.