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Market transition or path dependency?

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 2008

A major issue in the market transition debate on transitional societies is the extent to which ch... more A major issue in the market transition debate on transitional societies is the extent to which changing economic institutions are responsible for the changing stratification order in post-Communist societies, as assumed by the Market Transition Theory (MTT). Advocates of path dependent transformation processes assume varying transformation processes across post-Communist societies. They have criticized the MTT of being insensitive to the different paths of transformation post-Communist societies go through and the way this will influence changes in the effects of income determinants. This study will test the extent to which trends in the effects of income determinants converge across post-Communist societies. A cross-national and across time comparative research design will be employed, analyzing 61 cross-sectional, standardized surveys for five Central and Eastern countries covering the period 1991-2002. Results from modified weighted least squares regression analyses show an increasing trend in the effect of years of education on standardized personal income for all five countries as predicted by the MTT. Income effects of years of experience, private sector employment and gender do not show increasing trends for all countries, contradicting the MTT. The empirical trends in effects of income determinants are to a great extent consistent with Stark's typology of privatization strategies, giving some support to the theoretical notion of path dependent transformation processes.

Twintig jaar later…

Mens en maatschappij, 2015

Voorwoord

Mens en maatschappij, 2015

Income Inequality in Urban China, 1978-2005

Chinese Sociological Review, 2012

The aims of this paper are twofold: (1) identifying the "winners" and "losers" in China's economi... more The aims of this paper are twofold: (1) identifying the "winners" and "losers" in China's economic transition via regression analyses on income using repeated cross-sectional data at individual levels over the entire period of economic reform, and (2) linking the "winners" and "losers" categories to the income inequality at the aggregate level by decomposing the trend in overall income inequality with respect to some key characteristics of these categories. Based on individual level analyses of 11 waves of survey data collected in urban China from 1978 to 2005, we found that (1) returns to schooling have been increasing over time;

Thijssen, N.C. De jaren zestig herinnerd. Over gedeelde idealen uit de linkse periode

Mens en maatschappij, 2013

Boekbespreking: Blommaert, E.C.C.A. <I>Are Joris and Renske more employable than Rashid and Samira?</I> A study on the prevalence and sources of ethnic discrimination in recruitment in the Netherlands using experimental and survey data Dissertatie Universiteit Utrecht, 2013, 232 pp. ISBN 97890393...

Mens en maatschappij, 2013

Marshall and Gorman's Markov chain model for occupational prestige

Social Science Research, 1983

Multilog

Applied Statistics, 1994

Self-Employment in Post-Communist Economies

European Societies, 2012

ABSTRACT According to the market transition theory the economic success of individuals in post-co... more ABSTRACT According to the market transition theory the economic success of individuals in post-communist countries is affected by both individual characteristics and structural contexts. We investigate this claim using data on self-employment in four post-communist countries (Bulgaria, Russia, Estonia and Hungary) in 1996 and 2005. We find support for a relationship between context-characteristics and self-employment; especially countries with lower levels of corruption show higher odds of self-employment. Unexpectedly, as the transformation process proceeded, human capital did not become a more important predictor for self-employment.

Economic voting in Hungary, 1998–2008

Electoral Studies, 2013

Occupational Status Attainement in Comparative Perspective: A Conditional Multinomial Logistic Regression Model

A class of models for the simultaneous analysis of square contingency tables

Why does unemployment come in couples? An analysis of (un)employment and (non)employment homogamy tables for Canada, the Netherlands and the United States in the 1980s

European Sociological Review

... United States in the 1980s WOUT ULTEE, JOS DESSENS AND WIM JANSEN ABSTRACT In this paper we f... more

Income Inequality Decomposition, Russia 1992-2002: Method and Application

by Willem-Jan Verhoeven and Wim Jansen

Decomposition methods for income inequality measures such as the Gini index and the members of th... more Decomposition methods for income inequality measures such as the Gini index and the members of the Generalized Entropy family are widely applied. Most methods decompose income inequality into a between (explained) and a within (unexplained) part, according to two or more population subgroups or income sources. In this article we propose a regression analysis for a lognormal distribution of personal income, modeling both the mean and the variance, decomposing the variance as a measure of income inequality, and applying the method to survey data from Russia spanning the first decade of market transition (1992)(1993)(1994)(1995)(1996)(1997)(1998)(1999)(2000)(2001)(2002). For the first years of the transition, only a small part of the income inequality could be explained. Thereafter, between 1996 and 1999, a larger part (up to 40%) could be explained, and "winner" and "loser" categories of the transition could be spot. The self-employed, moving to the upper end of the income distribution, won from the transition. The unemployed were among the losers.

Decompositie van inkomensongelijkheid: Rusland 1992-2002

by Willem-Jan Verhoeven and Wim Jansen

Economen en sociale wetenschappers gebruiken kerngetallen om de inkomensongelijkheid van landen t... more Economen en sociale wetenschappers gebruiken kerngetallen om de inkomensongelijkheid van landen te beschrijven. In de meeste studies worden de Gini index, de leden van de "Generaliz Entropy" familie van indices (zoals de Theil en Atkinson coëfficiënten en de "Mean Logarithmic Deviation"), en de percentielratio's P90/P10 en P75/P25 gebruikt. De waarden van al deze coëfficiënten vertellen iets over de inkomensongelijkheid op een bepaald moment of, via een tijdreeks van coëfficiënten, over trends in de inkomensongelijkheid.

STATISTICAL MODELS FOR ORDINAL VARIABLES. Advanced Quantitative Techniques in the Social Sciences 4. Clifford C. Clogg and Edward S. Shihadeh, Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, 1994. No. of pages: xiii+192. Price: £26.50. ISBN: 0-8039-3676-1

Statistics in Medicine, 1997

ABSTRACT

Market transition or path dependency? Changing effects of income determinants in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Russia, and Slovakia, 1991-2002

by Willem-Jan Verhoeven and Wim Jansen

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 2008

A major issue in the market transition debate on transitional societies is the extent to which ch... more A major issue in the market transition debate on transitional societies is the extent to which changing economic institutions are responsible for the changing stratification order in post-Communist societies, as assumed by the Market Transition Theory (MTT). Advocates of path dependent transformation processes assume varying transformation processes across post-Communist societies. They have criticized the MTT of being insensitive to the different paths of transformation post-Communist societies go through and the way this will influence changes in the effects of income determinants. This study will test the extent to which trends in the effects of income determinants converge across post-Communist societies. A cross-national and across time comparative research design will be employed, analyzing 61 cross-sectional, standardized surveys for five Central and Eastern countries covering the period 1991-2002. Results from modified weighted least squares regression analyses show an increasing trend in the effect of years of education on standardized personal income for all five countries as predicted by the MTT. Income effects of years of experience, private sector employment and gender do not show increasing trends for all countries, contradicting the MTT. The empirical trends in effects of income determinants are to a great extent consistent with Stark's typology of privatization strategies, giving some support to the theoretical notion of path dependent transformation processes.

Neurath, Arntz and ISOTYPE: The Legacy in Art, Design and Statistics

Journal of Design History, 2009

... As a result, International Picture Language: The First Rule of Isotype was published in 1936 ... more

Similar or Different? Continuities in Dutch Research on Social Stratification and Social Mobility

Contemporary Sociology, 1990

The long and short of asking questions about income: a comparison using data from Hungary

by Willem-Jan Verhoeven and Wim Jansen

Quality & Quantity, 2013

A lot of research on income mobility and income inequality is based on survey questions about inc... more A lot of research on income mobility and income inequality is based on survey questions about income. Various question formats are being used. Researchers seem to assume that the actual format used delivers the best estimate of the "true" income. However, surprisingly little empirical support is available for this claim. We implemented an experimental design using the short and long versions of income questions in a Hungarian survey. Results show an overall positive difference between the long and short version. The differences are related to the income components (wages and salaries, transfers, and assets), and respondent characteristics, controlling for the effect of the order of the two versions of income questions. Based on the results, we provide some recommendations for implementing income questions in surveys.

Market transition or path dependency?

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 2008

A major issue in the market transition debate on transitional societies is the extent to which ch... more A major issue in the market transition debate on transitional societies is the extent to which changing economic institutions are responsible for the changing stratification order in post-Communist societies, as assumed by the Market Transition Theory (MTT). Advocates of path dependent transformation processes assume varying transformation processes across post-Communist societies. They have criticized the MTT of being insensitive to the different paths of transformation post-Communist societies go through and the way this will influence changes in the effects of income determinants. This study will test the extent to which trends in the effects of income determinants converge across post-Communist societies. A cross-national and across time comparative research design will be employed, analyzing 61 cross-sectional, standardized surveys for five Central and Eastern countries covering the period 1991-2002. Results from modified weighted least squares regression analyses show an increasing trend in the effect of years of education on standardized personal income for all five countries as predicted by the MTT. Income effects of years of experience, private sector employment and gender do not show increasing trends for all countries, contradicting the MTT. The empirical trends in effects of income determinants are to a great extent consistent with Stark's typology of privatization strategies, giving some support to the theoretical notion of path dependent transformation processes.

Twintig jaar later…

Mens en maatschappij, 2015

Voorwoord

Mens en maatschappij, 2015

Income Inequality in Urban China, 1978-2005

Chinese Sociological Review, 2012

The aims of this paper are twofold: (1) identifying the "winners" and "losers" in China's economi... more The aims of this paper are twofold: (1) identifying the "winners" and "losers" in China's economic transition via regression analyses on income using repeated cross-sectional data at individual levels over the entire period of economic reform, and (2) linking the "winners" and "losers" categories to the income inequality at the aggregate level by decomposing the trend in overall income inequality with respect to some key characteristics of these categories. Based on individual level analyses of 11 waves of survey data collected in urban China from 1978 to 2005, we found that (1) returns to schooling have been increasing over time;

Thijssen, N.C. De jaren zestig herinnerd. Over gedeelde idealen uit de linkse periode

Mens en maatschappij, 2013

Boekbespreking: Blommaert, E.C.C.A. <I>Are Joris and Renske more employable than Rashid and Samira?</I> A study on the prevalence and sources of ethnic discrimination in recruitment in the Netherlands using experimental and survey data Dissertatie Universiteit Utrecht, 2013, 232 pp. ISBN 97890393...

Mens en maatschappij, 2013

Marshall and Gorman's Markov chain model for occupational prestige

Social Science Research, 1983

Multilog

Applied Statistics, 1994

Self-Employment in Post-Communist Economies

European Societies, 2012

ABSTRACT According to the market transition theory the economic success of individuals in post-co... more ABSTRACT According to the market transition theory the economic success of individuals in post-communist countries is affected by both individual characteristics and structural contexts. We investigate this claim using data on self-employment in four post-communist countries (Bulgaria, Russia, Estonia and Hungary) in 1996 and 2005. We find support for a relationship between context-characteristics and self-employment; especially countries with lower levels of corruption show higher odds of self-employment. Unexpectedly, as the transformation process proceeded, human capital did not become a more important predictor for self-employment.

Economic voting in Hungary, 1998–2008

Electoral Studies, 2013

Occupational Status Attainement in Comparative Perspective: A Conditional Multinomial Logistic Regression Model

A class of models for the simultaneous analysis of square contingency tables

Why does unemployment come in couples? An analysis of (un)employment and (non)employment homogamy tables for Canada, the Netherlands and the United States in the 1980s

European Sociological Review

... United States in the 1980s WOUT ULTEE, JOS DESSENS AND WIM JANSEN ABSTRACT In this paper we f... more

Income Inequality Decomposition, Russia 1992-2002: Method and Application

by Willem-Jan Verhoeven and Wim Jansen

Decomposition methods for income inequality measures such as the Gini index and the members of th... more Decomposition methods for income inequality measures such as the Gini index and the members of the Generalized Entropy family are widely applied. Most methods decompose income inequality into a between (explained) and a within (unexplained) part, according to two or more population subgroups or income sources. In this article we propose a regression analysis for a lognormal distribution of personal income, modeling both the mean and the variance, decomposing the variance as a measure of income inequality, and applying the method to survey data from Russia spanning the first decade of market transition (1992)(1993)(1994)(1995)(1996)(1997)(1998)(1999)(2000)(2001)(2002). For the first years of the transition, only a small part of the income inequality could be explained. Thereafter, between 1996 and 1999, a larger part (up to 40%) could be explained, and "winner" and "loser" categories of the transition could be spot. The self-employed, moving to the upper end of the income distribution, won from the transition. The unemployed were among the losers.

Decompositie van inkomensongelijkheid: Rusland 1992-2002

by Willem-Jan Verhoeven and Wim Jansen

Economen en sociale wetenschappers gebruiken kerngetallen om de inkomensongelijkheid van landen t... more Economen en sociale wetenschappers gebruiken kerngetallen om de inkomensongelijkheid van landen te beschrijven. In de meeste studies worden de Gini index, de leden van de "Generaliz Entropy" familie van indices (zoals de Theil en Atkinson coëfficiënten en de "Mean Logarithmic Deviation"), en de percentielratio's P90/P10 en P75/P25 gebruikt. De waarden van al deze coëfficiënten vertellen iets over de inkomensongelijkheid op een bepaald moment of, via een tijdreeks van coëfficiënten, over trends in de inkomensongelijkheid.

STATISTICAL MODELS FOR ORDINAL VARIABLES. Advanced Quantitative Techniques in the Social Sciences 4. Clifford C. Clogg and Edward S. Shihadeh, Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, 1994. No. of pages: xiii+192. Price: £26.50. ISBN: 0-8039-3676-1

Statistics in Medicine, 1997

ABSTRACT

Market transition or path dependency? Changing effects of income determinants in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Russia, and Slovakia, 1991-2002

by Willem-Jan Verhoeven and Wim Jansen

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 2008

A major issue in the market transition debate on transitional societies is the extent to which ch... more A major issue in the market transition debate on transitional societies is the extent to which changing economic institutions are responsible for the changing stratification order in post-Communist societies, as assumed by the Market Transition Theory (MTT). Advocates of path dependent transformation processes assume varying transformation processes across post-Communist societies. They have criticized the MTT of being insensitive to the different paths of transformation post-Communist societies go through and the way this will influence changes in the effects of income determinants. This study will test the extent to which trends in the effects of income determinants converge across post-Communist societies. A cross-national and across time comparative research design will be employed, analyzing 61 cross-sectional, standardized surveys for five Central and Eastern countries covering the period 1991-2002. Results from modified weighted least squares regression analyses show an increasing trend in the effect of years of education on standardized personal income for all five countries as predicted by the MTT. Income effects of years of experience, private sector employment and gender do not show increasing trends for all countries, contradicting the MTT. The empirical trends in effects of income determinants are to a great extent consistent with Stark's typology of privatization strategies, giving some support to the theoretical notion of path dependent transformation processes.

Neurath, Arntz and ISOTYPE: The Legacy in Art, Design and Statistics

Journal of Design History, 2009

... As a result, International Picture Language: The First Rule of Isotype was published in 1936 ... more

Similar or Different? Continuities in Dutch Research on Social Stratification and Social Mobility

Contemporary Sociology, 1990

The long and short of asking questions about income: a comparison using data from Hungary

by Willem-Jan Verhoeven and Wim Jansen

Quality & Quantity, 2013

A lot of research on income mobility and income inequality is based on survey questions about inc... more A lot of research on income mobility and income inequality is based on survey questions about income. Various question formats are being used. Researchers seem to assume that the actual format used delivers the best estimate of the "true" income. However, surprisingly little empirical support is available for this claim. We implemented an experimental design using the short and long versions of income questions in a Hungarian survey. Results show an overall positive difference between the long and short version. The differences are related to the income components (wages and salaries, transfers, and assets), and respondent characteristics, controlling for the effect of the order of the two versions of income questions. Based on the results, we provide some recommendations for implementing income questions in surveys.