The Important Role of Equivalence Scales

Household Size, Composition, and Poverty Dynamics in the Russian Federation

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ID23545692
AuthorsKseniya Abanokova (0000-0002-6141-0316), Hai-Anh H Dang, Michael M Lokshin
Year2020
Publication date2020-06-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
PublisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1596/1813-9450-9270
OpenAlexW3033249952
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited15

Hardly any literature exists on the relationship between equivalence scales and poverty dynamics for transitional countries. This paper offers a new study on the impacts of equivalence scale adjustments on poverty dynamics in the Russian Federation, using equivalence scales constructed from subjective wealth and more than 20 waves of household panel survey data from the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey. The analysis suggests that the equivalence scale elasticity is sensitive to household demographic composition. The adjustments for the equivalence of scales result in lower estimates of poverty lines. The study decomposes poverty into chronic and transient components and finds that chronic poverty is positively related to the adult scale parameter. However, chronic poverty is less sensitive to the child scale factor compared with the adult scale factor. Interestingly, the direction of income mobility might change depending on the specific scale parameters that are employed. The results are robust to different measures of chronic poverty, income expectations, reference groups, functional forms, and various other specifications.

Composition (language) · Development economics · Dynamics (music) · Econometrics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Equivalence (formal languages) · Geography · Linguistics · Political science · Poverty · Pure mathematics · Regional science · Russian federation · Agricultural risk and resilience · Health disparities and outcomes · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology

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