Markets and People : The Czech Reform Experience in a Comparative Perspective Book

	Figures and tables
	Acknowledgements
	Preface
	List of Abbreviations
1	Introduction: Setting up the framework	1
2	The emergent labour market and new job opportunities	25
3	Changing earnings distribution	47
4	Inequality in household income	71
5	Changes in the rate and types of poverty	92
6	Changing family expenditures and housing	119
7	Privatization and financial markets	145
8	New hardships and the coping strategies of households	171
9	Social policy reform	191
10	Perceptions of reforms and personal situation	217
11	Economic hardship and political attitudes	240
12	Conclusion: an open-ended story	265
	Bibliography	273
	Data sources	286
	Statistical methods	289
	Name index	291