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Relative Poverty In Two Egalitarian Societies: A Comparison Between Taganrog, Russia During The Soviet Era And Sweden

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  • Björn Gustafsson
  • Ludmila Nivorozhkina

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Relative poverty in urban Russia at the end of the Soviet era (using microdata for the town of Taganrog) is compared to relative poverty in Sweden. The results indicate that the extent of relative poverty was rather similar in the two societies, but also that differences in the structure of poverty existed. In urban Russia characteristics of the household head leading to a high risk of poverty were advanced age, a limited education and being female. Swedish poverty was concentrated to households with a young head.

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  • Björn Gustafsson & Ludmila Nivorozhkina, 1996. "Relative Poverty In Two Egalitarian Societies: A Comparison Between Taganrog, Russia During The Soviet Era And Sweden," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 42(3), pages 321-334, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revinw:v:42:y:1996:i:3:p:321-334
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.1996.tb00185.x
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    1. Russell Davidson & Jean-Yves Duclos, 2000. "Statistical Inference for Stochastic Dominance and for the Measurement of Poverty and Inequality," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 68(6), pages 1435-1464, November.
    2. Björn Gustafsson & Ludmila Nivorozhkina, 2004. "Changes in Russian poverty during transition as assessed from microdata from the city of Taganrog," The Economics of Transition, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, vol. 12(4), pages 747-776, December.

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