Assessing regional inequalities in Kazakhstan through well-being

Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, Federico Bartalucci, Bakhytzhan Kurmanov, Genadiy Rau and Kaisar Nigmetov

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Abstract: Growing disparities in wealth, well-being, and access to services in Kazakhstan have raised serious concerns among policymakers, especially since the January 2022 protests. This paper evaluates these regional inequalities and presents the findings from Kazakhstan’s inaugural well-being survey. The survey, based on global best practices, involves 4,032 face-to-face interviews with a diverse sample across all 20 regions, ensuring representation. The resulting indices—the Subjective Well-Being Index and the Regional Well-Being Index—highlight both within-region and between-region disparities. Notably, the indices reveal significant variations in well-being, with certain regions reporting notably lower satisfaction levels across dimensions like trust in institutions, satisfaction with financial and housing conditions, health care and education quality, and personal security perceptions.

Keywords: well-being survey; inequality; Kazakhstan; regional development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: P25 P28 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2024-03-01
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Published in Asian Development Review, 1, March, 2024, 41(1), pp. 301 - 333. ISSN: 0116-1105

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