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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| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC
World Bank, Europe and Central Asia Region, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Sector Unit
2001
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| Series: | Policy research working paper
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| Collection: | World Bank E-Library Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 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 |
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| Item Description: | "May 2001"--Cover. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 31-32). - Title from title screen as viewed on Sept. 18, 2002 |