Poverty in Russia: a bird’s-eye view of trends and dynamics in the past quarter of a century

Kseniya Abanokova and Hai-Anh Dang ()

Chapter 58 in Research Handbook on Measuring Poverty and Deprivation, 2023, pp 627-635 from Edward Elgar Publishing

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, this chapter offers an updated review of poverty trends and dynamics for the country over the past quarter of century. It appears 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. These findings are relevant to poverty and social protection policies.

Keywords: Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Geography; Research Methods; Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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