Measuring poverty dynamics and inequality in transition economies : disentangling real events from noisy data / Erzo F.P. Luttmer.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Luttmer, Erzo F. P.

Contributor:

World Bank. Europe and Central Asia Region. Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit.

Series:

Policy research working papers ; 2549.

World Bank e-Library.

Policy research working paper ; 2549 reprint

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consumption (Economics)--Developing countries--Statistical methods--Econometric models.

Consumption (Economics).

Cost and standard of living--Developing countries--Statistical methods--Econometric models.

Cost and standard of living.

Equality--Developing countries--Statistical methods--Econometric models.

Equality.

Income distribution--Developing countries--Statistical methods--Econometric models.

Income distribution.

Medical care--Developing countries--Statistical methods--Econometric models.

Medical care.

Poverty--Developing countries--Statistical methods--Econometric models.

Poverty.

Other Title:

Policy research working paper vol. 2549 reprint

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC. : World Bank, Europe and Central Asia Region, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Sector Unit, [2001]

System Details:

data file

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.

Notes:

"May 2001"--Cover.

Title from title screen as viewed on Sept. 18, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 31-32).

Publisher Number:

10.1596/1813-9450-2549