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Determinants of Poverty during Transition: Household Survey Evidence from Ukraine

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  • Tilman Brück
  • Alexander M. Danzer
  • Alexander Muravyev
  • Natalia Weißhaar

Abstract

The paper analyses the incidence, the severity and the determinants of household poverty in Ukraine during transition using two comparable surveys from 1996 and 2004. We measure poverty using income and consumption and contrast the effects of various poverty lines. Poverty in both periods follows some of the determinants commonly identified in the literature, including greater poverty among households with children and with less education. We also identify specific features of poverty in transition, including the relatively low importance of unemployment and the existence of poverty even among households with employment. Poverty determinants change over time in line with the experience of transition and restructuring.

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  • Tilman Brück & Alexander M. Danzer & Alexander Muravyev & Natalia Weißhaar, 2008. "Determinants of Poverty during Transition: Household Survey Evidence from Ukraine," Global Development Institute Working Paper Series 2308, GDI, The University of Manchester.
    • Handle: RePEc:bwp:bwppap:2308
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    1. Maksim Yemelyanau, 2009. "Inequality in Belarus from 1995 to 2007," BEROC Working Paper Series 01, Belarusian Economic Research and Outreach Center (BEROC).
    2. Dimitar NIKOLOSKI & Marjan ANGELESKI & Slavica ROCHESKA, 2018. "Determinants of earnings in Macedonia: assessing the difference between low-paid and highly-paid employees," Eastern Journal of European Studies, Centre for European Studies, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, vol. 9, pages 111-131, June.
    3. Carlos Bozzoli & Tilman Brück, 2010. "Determinants of Protests: Longitudinal Evidence from Ukraine’s Orange Revolution," Research Working Papers 30, MICROCON - A Micro Level Analysis of Violent Conflict.
    4. repec:uii:journl:v:1:y:2009:i:1:p:37-45 is not listed on IDEAS
    5. Johannes Koettl & Olga Kupets & Anna Olefir & Indhira Santos, 2014. "In search of opportunities? The barriers to more efficient internal labor mobility in Ukraine," IZA Journal of Labor & Development, Springer;Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), vol. 3(1), pages 1-28, December.
    6. Kang, Woojin & Imai, Katsushi S., 2012. "Pro-poor growth, poverty and inequality in rural Vietnam," Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, vol. 23(5), pages 527-539.
    7. Alexander M. Danzer, 2010. "Retirement Responses to a Generous Pension Reform: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Eastern Europe," ESCIRRU Working Papers 23, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    8. Maksim Yemelyanau, 2008. "Inequality in Belarus from 1995 to 2005," CERGE-EI Working Papers wp356, The Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute, Prague.
    9. Danzer, Alexander M. & Dietz, Barbara, 2008. "Economic Migration, Networks and Human Capital Transferability from the New European Borderlands. A Comparison of Five Eastern European Countries," Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Zurich 2008 7, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics.
    10. Olga Kupets, 2012. "Characteristics and Determinants of Internal Labor Mobility in Ukraine," World Bank Publications - Reports 26804, The World Bank Group.

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    JEL classification:

    • P20 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - General
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
    • J20 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - General
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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