A SOCIETY OF UNSTABLE WELL-BEING: INCOME MOBILITY AND IMMOBILITY IN RUSSIA

Svetlana Mareeva and Ekaterina Slobodenyuk

HSE Working papers from National Research University Higher School of Economics

Abstract: The article focuses on individual income mobility among Russians in the years 2009–2017, as measured objectively and subjectively. As in previous periods of post-Soviet development, income mobility in Russia remains high. In comparison to member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), income mobility in Russia is higher, while the level of persistent well-being is lower. Subjective assessments of one’s income situation are even more volatile than objective positions on an income scale, with persistent subjective well-being almost non-existent. Furthermore, subjective mobility does not correlate closely with its objective counterpart. Persistent well-being in terms of objective and subjective income is determined by a combination of class and non-class factors, including, above all, labor market position, dependency burden, and health status

Keywords: Russia; income mobility; subjective mobility; immobility; sticky floor; sticky ceiling; income; social inequality; social disadvantage. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2020
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Published in WP BRP Series: Sociology / SOC, December 2020, pages 1-24

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