OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers

ISSN :
1815-199X (online)
DOI :
10.1787/1815199x
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This series is designed to make available to a wider readership selected labour market, social policy and migration studies prepared for use within the OECD. Authorship is usually collective, but principal writers are named. The papers are generally available only in their original language - English or French - with a summary in the other.
 

Income Distribution and Poverty in Russia You or your institution have access to this content

Authors:
Irina Denisova
Publication Date
27 Mar 2012
Bibliographic information
No.:
132
Pages
47
DOI
10.1787/5k9csf9zcz7c-en

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The paper is a survey of literature and statistical sources on poverty and inequality in Russia in the 1990s and the 2000s. It serves as a background to OECD (2011), the OECD Labour Market and Social Policy Review of the Russian Federation that was released in 2011. We start with an overview of poverty and income inequality estimates available. Poverty and inequality trends are then complemented with poverty incidence analysis based on a nationally representative household survey. Long-term poverty patterns are examined using a panel dataset with survival analysis methods. Poverty prevention and reduction policies are discussed in the conclusion.
Keywords:
poverty, poverty incidence, entry to and exit from poverty, inequality, RLMS-HSE
JEL Classification:
  • I32: Health, Education, and Welfare / Welfare and Poverty / Measurement and Analysis of Poverty