The Great Divide: Ruralisation of Poverty in Russia

Christopher Gerry, Eugene Nivorozhkin () and John Rigg
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John Rigg: CASE, London School of Economics, London

No 76, UCL SSEES Economics and Business working paper series from UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES)

Abstract: Using data from the RLMS for the period 2000-2004 we investigate poverty trends in Russia. We find that urban poverty declines at twice the rate of rural poverty so that by 2004 poverty in Russia had become a largely rural phenomenon for the first time since transition began. This finding does not stem from changing population characteristics or shares, is not dependent on the use of a particular poverty line nor is it driven by the rapid expansions that have occurred in Moscow, St. Petersburg or other urban areas. Our findings flesh out those of Ravallion et al (2007) who, in contrast to other regions, "find signs" of a ruralisation of poverty in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. We attribute some of the differential to the labour market.

Keywords: Russia; poverty; urban; rural; RLMS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I31 I32 O18 P25 P46 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2007-04
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Journal Article: The great divide: 'ruralisation' of poverty in Russia (2008)
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