This paper analyses regional data on inequality and poverty in Russia during 1994-2000 using published series from the … regionally representative Household Budget Survey. The paper finds that the share of inequality in Russia coming from the between … an internationally high level. Based on these two findings, the paper projects dynamics of inequality and poverty in …

This paper applies a new decomposition technique to the study of variations in poverty across the regions of Russia …. The procedure, which is based on the Shapley value in cooperative game theory, allows the deviation in regional poverty … levels from the all- Russia average to be attributed to three proximate sources; mean income per capita, inequality, and …

This paper is intended to shed light on the extent of poverty in the Russian Federation. We present estimates of … poverty lines and poverty ratios derived from subjective questions used in a during data collection for a large household … panel (RUSSET). We estimate poverty using a subjective approach, where the level of the poverty line is derived using the …

This paper reports levels of income inequality and poverty in four Central and Eastern European countries: the Czech … Republic, Hungary, Poland and Russia. Unlike many previous researchers who examine transition economies, we aggregate the … inequality and relative poverty rates, using both local and national relative poverty lines, for the most recent waves of data …

This paper examines the measurement of social welfare, poverty and inequality taking into account features that have … the differences between standard poverty and inequality measures based on observed income and measures that are calculated … based on equivalent income. These differences are illustrated using household-level panel data from Russia and Vietnam. …

This paper examines the impact of changes in poverty and public health spending on inter-temporal variations in … longevity using a unique regional-level dataset that covers 77 regions of Russia over the period 1994-2000. The dynamic panel … estimator. The changes in regional levels of poverty and real per capita public health expenditure are identified to be …

This paper examines the measurement of social welfare, poverty and inequality taking into account reference … differences between standard poverty and inequality measures based on observed income and measures that are calculated based on … equivalent income. These differences are illustrated using household-level panel data from Russia and Vietnam. …

better average living standards than otherwise similar districts: larger household consumption, lower poverty rate, and …

1990 and the effects on poverty. To produce comparability between two household surveys, they use survey matching … significant decrease in the poverty headcount over the period and small but insignificant decreases in the country's extremely … high levels of inequality. Decomposition analysis shows that poverty reduction in Namibia is largely driven by growth in …

economic outcomes such as income growth, poverty and inequality indicators. Our analysis is based on microsimulations for eight … poverty and inequality. …