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The aim of this chapter is to validate the Kuznets hypothesis which states that the inequality in the distribution of income increases at lower levels of income and then decreases once a threshold level of per capita income is reached for the transition countries.
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Demidova, O. (2010). Is the Kuznets Hypothesis Valid for Transition Countries?. In: Marelli, E., Signorelli, M. (eds) Economic Growth and Structural Features of Transition. Studies in Economic Transition. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230277403_10
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