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

Erzo F.P. Luttmer

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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Year of publication:	[2001]
Authors:	Luttmer, Erzo F. P.
Institutions:	World Bank / Europe and Central Asia Region / Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit (contributor)
Publisher:	Washington, DC : World Bank, Europe and Central Asia Region, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Sector Unit
Subject:	Armut \| Poverty \| Einkommensverteilung \| Income distribution \| Polen \| Poland \| Russland \| Russia \| Dekompositionsverfahren \| Decomposition method \| IV-Schätzung \| Instrumental variables

Extent:	Online-Ressource
Series:	Policy research working paper ; 2549 reprint
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	"May 2001"--Cover Includes bibliographical references (p. 31-32) Title from title screen as viewed on Sept. 18, 2002 Also available in print.
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

Persistent link: https://ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10010524084