Using data from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey for the period 2000-2004 we investigate poverty trends in … Russia. We find that urban poverty declines at twice the rate of rural poverty so that by 2004 poverty in Russia had become a … characteristics or shares, is not dependent on the use of a particular poverty line nor is it driven by the rapid expansions that have …

Previous research has found that subjective well-being (SWB) is lower for individuals classified as being in poverty … with the state-level poverty ratio while controlling for individual poverty status and poverty intensity. The negative … relationship between aggregate poverty and SWB is more salient in the upper segments of the income distribution and is robust to …

We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on the role of time. We use … satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity of contemporaneous poverty. Second, poverty scars: those who have been … poor in the past report lower life satisfaction today, even when out of poverty. Last, the order of poverty spells matters …

Previous research has found that subjective well-being (SWB) is lower for individuals classified as being in poverty … with the state-level poverty ratio while controlling for individual poverty status and poverty intensity. The negative … relationship between aggregate poverty and SWB is more salient in the upper segments of the income distribution and is robust to …

This paper aims at measuring and analyzing the non-monetary aspect of multidimensional poverty by the basic needs … Multidimensional Correspondence Analysis (MCA) techniques to construct a Composite Poverty Indicator (CPI). Moreover, we use the most … recent data from the country survey QUIBB 2006. The results of the incidence of multidimensional poverty by two approaches …

The concept of poverty needs a clear and practical definition. This article examines the basic needs approach as well … choices. Given the differences between these two approaches, they lead to different poverty reduction strategies. Moreover … understanding poverty …

Uganda has seen impressive economic growth and substantial poverty reductions over the past few decades. Today …, official headcount poverty stands at about 20 per cent. However, recent research relying on non-monetary wealth indicators … challenges official poverty statistics and suggests that headcount poverty is about 60 per cent higher. We argue that an outdated …