Soviet Household Under the Old Regime - Economic Conditions and Behaviour in the 1970s

Klappentext This 1992 book provides a detailed analysis of the economics of the Soviet urban household sector during the 1970s. Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1992! this book provides a detailed analysis of the economics of the Soviet urban household sector during the 1970s. It will be an invaluable reference source for specialists of Soviet studies! comparative economics! income distribution and women's studies as well as for government officials and journalists. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Sources; Prologue; 1. Introduction: economics of the Soviet urban household in the 1970s; 2. Private sources of income of the Soviet urban household; 3. Soviet household saving; 4. Inequality of earnings, household income and wealth in the Soviet Union in the 1970s; 5. The distributive effects of the Social Consumption Fund in the Soviet Union; 6. The size and the structure of population in poverty in the Soviet Union; 7. Earning differentials by sex in the Soviet Union: a first look; 8. Work and family roles of Soviet women: historical trends and cross-section analysis; Appendix: demographic and economic characteristics of the sample and of the Soviet urban population; References; Index.

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• Authors: Ofer, Gur Ofer, Gur (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Vinokur Ofer, Gur Vinokur Ofer, Ofer Gur, Aaron Vinokur, Vinokur Aaron
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.02.2011
• EAN: 9780521148351
• ISBN: 978-0-521-14835-1
• No. of pages: 416
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Macroeconomics, macroeconomics, Economic history, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1970 to c 1980, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union