The important role of equivalence scales : household size, composition, and poverty dynamics in the Russian Federation
Kseniya Abanokova, Hai-Anh H. Dang, Michael M. Lokshin
Hardly any literature exists on the relationship between equivalence scales and poverty dynamics for transitional countries. This paper offers a new study on the impacts of equivalence scale adjustments on poverty dynamics in the Russian Federation, using equivalence scales constructed from subjective wealth and more than 20 waves of household panel survey data from the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey. The analysis suggests that the equivalence scale elasticity is sensitive to household demographic composition. The adjustments for the equivalence of scales result in lower estimates of poverty lines. The study decomposes poverty into chronic and transient components and finds that chronic poverty is positively related to the adult scale parameter. However, chronic poverty is less sensitive to the child scale factor compared with the adult scale factor. Interestingly, the direction of income mobility might change depending on the specific scale parameters that are employed. The results are robust to different measures of chronic poverty, income expectations, reference groups, functional forms, and various other specifications
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June 2020
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Authors: | Abanokova, Kseniya ; Dang, Hai-Anh H. ; Lokshin, Michael |
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[Washington, DC, USA] : World Bank Group, Development Economics, Development Data Group & Europe and Central Asia Region, Office of the Chief Economist |
Subject: | poverty | poverty dynamics | equivalence scale | Russia | panel survey | Russland | Armut | Poverty | Privater Haushalt | Household | Messung | Measurement | Haushaltsökonomik | Household economics | Lebensstandard | Standard of living | Sozialer Indikator | Social indicator |
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Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource (circa 55 Seiten) Illustrationen |
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Series: | Policy research working paper : WPS. - Washington, DC : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ZDB-ID 2304170-5. - Vol. 9270 |
Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature ; Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | 10.1596/1813-9450-9270 [DOI] |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241329