Income Distribution in Croatia: What Do the Household Budget Survey Data Tell Us?

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Financial theory and practice, Vol. 29 No. 1, 2005.

Original scientific paper

Income Distribution in Croatia: What Do the Household Budget Survey Data Tell Us?

Danijel Nestić

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APA 6th Edition

Nestić, D. (2005). Income Distribution in Croatia: What Do the Household Budget Survey Data Tell Us?. Financial theory and practice, 29 (1), 39-53. Retrieved from https://hrcak.srce.hr/6019

MLA 8th Edition

Nestić, Danijel. "Income Distribution in Croatia: What Do the Household Budget Survey Data Tell Us?." Financial theory and practice, vol. 29, no. 1, 2005, pp. 39-53. https://hrcak.srce.hr/6019. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

Chicago 17th Edition

Nestić, Danijel. "Income Distribution in Croatia: What Do the Household Budget Survey Data Tell Us?." Financial theory and practice 29, no. 1 (2005): 39-53. https://hrcak.srce.hr/6019

Harvard

Nestić, D. (2005). 'Income Distribution in Croatia: What Do the Household Budget Survey Data Tell Us?', Financial theory and practice, 29(1), pp. 39-53. Available at: https://hrcak.srce.hr/6019 (Accessed 22 November 2024)

Vancouver

Nestić D. Income Distribution in Croatia: What Do the Household Budget Survey Data Tell Us?. Financial theory and practice [Internet]. 2005 [cited 2024 November 22];29(1):39-53. Available from: https://hrcak.srce.hr/6019

IEEE

D. Nestić, "Income Distribution in Croatia: What Do the Household Budget Survey Data Tell Us?", Financial theory and practice, vol.29, no. 1, pp. 39-53, 2005. [Online]. Available: https://hrcak.srce.hr/6019. [Accessed: 22 November 2024]

Abstract

The paper analyses income distribution in Croatia using the Household Budget Survey data. The results point to a mild increase in inequality during the 1998-2002 period. A non-linear increase in pensions in 2001 in favour of the better-off households has contributed to the rising inequality. In the meantime, other social transfers have become better targeted towards the poor suppressing overall inequality increase. Wages and salaries have become increasingly important and more unequally distributed sources of income. The income share of the poorest decile has shrunk due to its lower share in wages and pensions. The paper concludes with a proposal for introducing a panel survey of households in order to improve monitoring of poverty and inequality.

Keywords

income distribution; inequality; Croatia

Hrčak ID:

6019

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/6019

Publication date:

1.3.2005.

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