Soviet Communism was no more successful at reducing inequality than other regimes

Costa-Font, Joan ORCID: 0000-0001-7174-7919, Nicińska, Anna and Roig-Rosello, Melcior (2025) Soviet Communism was no more successful at reducing inequality than other regimes. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) blog (09 Sep 2025). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Did communism reduce inequality in the Soviet Union? Joan Costa-Font, Ana Nicinska and Melcior Roig-Rosello show that individuals exposed to Soviet Communism are worse off according to current and retrospective measures of welfare than people in other countries. However, there is some evidence that Soviet Communism delivered higher social mobility than other regimes.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/
Additional Information:	© 2025 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Health Policy
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HX Socialism. Communism. Anarchism H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions J Political Science > JZ International relations J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
Date Deposited:	06 Nov 2025 16:48
Last Modified:	06 Nov 2025 16:48
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/129740

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