Measuring poverty dynamics and inequality in transition economies
Subtitle: disentangling real events from noisy data
By: Erzo F.P. Luttmer.
Contributors: World Bank. Europe and Central Asia Region. Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit.
Series: Policy research working paper ;; 2549 reprint; Policy research working papers  ;; 2549.
Publisher: World Bank, Europe and Central Asia Region, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Sector Unit
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 38
Subjects: Equality -- Developing countries -- Statistical methods -- Econometric models.; Poverty -- Developing countries -- Statistical methods -- Econometric models.; Income distribution -- Developing countries -- Statistical methods -- Econometric models.; Cost and standard of living -- Developing countries -- Statistical methods -- Econometric models.; Consumption (Economics) -- Developing countries -- Statistical methods -- Econometric models.; Medical care -- Developing countries -- Statistical methods -- Econometric models.
Genres: Econometric models.
Description: Estimates of income inequality and the dynamics of poverty are highly sensitive to measurement error and transitory shocks in micro-level data. The apparent high levels of economic mobility in Poland and Russia are driven largely by transitory shocks and noisy data. There is a real risk of an entrenched underclass emerging in these transition economies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 31-32).
"May 2001"--Cover.
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