Measuring poverty dynamics and inequality in transition economies [electronic resource] : disentangling real events from noisy data / Erzo F.P. Luttmer.
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TextSeries: Policy research working papers ; 2549. | World Bank e-LibraryPublication details: Washington, DC. : World Bank, Europe and Central Asia Region, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Sector Unit, [2001]Subject(s): Consumption (Economics) -- Developing countries -- Statistical methods -- Econometric models | Cost and standard of living -- Developing countries -- Statistical methods -- Econometric models | Equality -- Developing countries -- Statistical methods -- Econometric models | Income distribution -- Developing countries -- Statistical methods -- Econometric models | Medical care -- Developing countries -- Statistical methods -- Econometric models | Poverty -- Developing countries -- Statistical methods -- Econometric modelsAdditional physical formats: Luttmer, Erzo F. P.: Measuring poverty dynamics and inequality in transition economies.LOC classification: HG3881.5.W57Online resources: Click here to access online Also available in print.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.
"May 2001"--Cover.
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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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