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Indicators of Poverty in Transitional Russia
Irina, Korchaguina; Lilia, Ovcharova; Evgeny, Turuntsev - EERC Research Network, Russia and CIS - 1999
The authors attempt to provide poverty rate estimates in Russia adjusted for in-kind consumption. The results show that … consumption for the total sampling comes from part-time family farming. It follows that poverty headcounts are significantly … reduced when non-monetary consumption is taken into account. According to the report, 26% to 28% of Russia’s population live …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005187705
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Income Inequality in Russia during Transition: How Can it be Explained?
Olga, Kislitsyna - EERC Research Network, Russia and CIS - 2003
population. This paper examines the causes of inequality growth in Russia during transition. Using RLMS data author tries to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005121363
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Income Mobility in Russia in the mid-1990s
Tatyana, Bogomolova; Vera, Tapilina - EERC Research Network, Russia and CIS - 1999
This paper considers the phenomenon of income mobility during the process of economic transition in Russia. The study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005519021
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Pension Reform in Russia: A General Equilibrium Approach
Artem, Kuznetsov; Oleg, Ordin - EERC Research Network, Russia and CIS - 2001
This paper uses a classic, overlapping generation model to analyze the optimal transition of the Russian economy from a PAYG pension system to a funded pension system. The transition is associated with the accumulation of social capital gained by increased contributions to the pension system....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005121356
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The Puzzle of Dual Class Stock in Russia. Explaining the Price Differential between Common and Preferred Shares
Alexander, Muravyev - EERC Research Network, Russia and CIS - 2004
This paper attempts to explain a large premium paid on common (voting) shares relative to preferred (non-voting) shares in the Russian stock market. Empirical analysis focuses on two main explanations relating the premium either to the voting right attached to common shares or to differences in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005121359
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Poverty and Expenditure Differentiation of the Russian Population
Sergey, Aivazian; Stanislav, Kolenikov - EERC Research Network, Russia and CIS - 2001
The problem of poverty and inequality measurement in contemporary Russian society is considered within the framework of … features specific to Russian transition stipulate that poverty indicators (e.g., Foster-Greer-Thorbecke family) be calculated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005121360
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Socioeconomic determinants of smoking in contemporary Russia
Sergey, Arzhenovskiy - EERC Research Network, Russia and CIS - 2005
Factors impacting the initiation and termination of smoking, using Cox's proportional hazard model as the econometric tool, on the basis of RLMS and Goskomstat data on tobacco prices, are being investigated in this paper. The model to explain the amount of consumed cigarettes and the composite...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005121361
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Wage Inequality in Russia (1994–2003)
Anna, Lukiyanova - EERC Research Network, Russia and CIS - 2006
The paper documents the changes in the size of the wage distribution in Russia over the period 1994–2003. Developments …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005121364
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Models of supply functions competition with application to the network auctions
Alexander, Vasin; Polina, Vasina - EERC Research Network, Russia and CIS - 2005
This paper studies different auctions of supply functions in a local market and a simple network market of a homogeneous good with two nodes and a fixed transmission loss per unit of the good. We study problems of existence, uniqueness and computation of Nash equilibria for these models. We also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005121366
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Constructing Core Inflation Index for Russia
Alexander, Tsyplakov - EERC Research Network, Russia and CIS - 2004
The paper studies a possibility to construct a price index (“core inflation” index) for Russia, which is more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005121367