estimated based on a consumption survey reporting on poverty and a census providing the spatial disaggregation. This paper … presents a new method which allows for the estimation of up-to-date small area poverty maps when only a dated census and a more … constructed from the census. The proposed estimator has fewer data requirements and weaker assumptions than common small area …

Enumeration areas are the operational geographic units for the collection, dissemination, and analysis of census data … computer. This paper, for the first time, produces an automatic designation of predefined census enumeration areas based on …

assess the effects of government taxation and social spending on poverty and inequality in Moldova. The paper presents the … contribution of different taxes and transfers to poverty and inequality reduction in Moldova, as well as the cost-effectiveness of …-benefit system in Moldova is quite pro-poor and has a significant effect on poverty and inequality, with the poverty reduction effect …

Tobacco-use-related diseases are the main cause of mortality in Moldova, where tobacco consumption is widely spread … rich. This paper estimates the tobacco price elasticity of demand for Moldova by income decile and undertakes an extended …