Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/245595 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14544
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Hardly any recent study exists that broadly reviews poverty trends over time for Russia. Analyzing the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Surveys between 1994 and 2019, we offer an updated review of poverty trends and dynamics for the country over the past quarter of century. We find that poverty has been steadily decreasing, with most of the poor having a transient rather than a chronic nature. The bottom 20 percent of the income distribution averages an annual growth rate of 5 percent, which compares favorably with that of 3.3 percent for the whole population. Income growth, particularly the shares that are attributed to labor incomes and public transfers, have important roles in reducing poverty. Our findings are relevant to poverty and social protection policies.
Subjects: 
RLMS
income mobility
income growth
poverty dynamics
poverty
Russia
JEL: 
C15
D31
I31
O10
O57
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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