Measuring poverty dynamics and inequality in transition economies: disentangling real events from noisy data

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 entren...

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1. Verfasser: Luttmer, Erzo F. P. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, DC World Bank, Europe and Central Asia Region, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Sector Unit 2001
Schriftenreihe:Policy research working paper 2549 reprint
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Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:"May 2001"--Cover. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 31-32). - Title from title screen as viewed on Sept. 18, 2002
Erscheinungsjahr in Vorlageform:[2001]
Weitere Ausgabe: Luttmer, Erzo F. P: Measuring poverty dynamics and inequality in transition economies
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