The Unassuming Economist

From a VoxEU post by Ralph De Haas, Pablo García Guzmán, Zsóka Kóczán, and Victoria Marino:

“The Life in Transition Survey collects data on household income, employment, education, attitudes, beliefs, and personal experiences across 37 economies in emerging Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and North Africa. This column introduces the 4th wave of the survey, which reveals declining intergenerational mobility in post-socialist economies, growing inequality of opportunity, and trade-offs between wages and job benefits. It also documents substantial wage premiums for digital skills and how concerns about climate change often fail to translate into support for environmental policies. The (publicly available) data can generate valuable insights for policymakers working to promote inclusive growth and social cohesion in emerging economies.”