Dynamics of Income Inequality and Welfare in Latvia in the Late 1990s

This paper analyzes the dynamics of poverty and income inequality during the recovery phase of the transition that characterized the Republic of Latvia in the late 1990s. Despite a continued rise in income inequality, empirical evidence suggests an...

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Main Authors:	Fofack, Hippolyte, Monga, Celestin
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINE AGGREGATE GROWTH AGGREGATE INCOME ASSETS INEQUALITY AVERAGE INCOME CONSUMER PRICE INDEX DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISPOSABLE INCOME DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGES DIVIDENDS ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELASTICITY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EXPENDITURES GINI COEFFICIENT GRADUAL INCREASE GROWTH PROCESS GROWTH PROSPECTS GROWTH RATES HIGH INCOME INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE INCOME INCOME DATA INCOME DIFFERENTIALS INCOME DISPARITIES INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME ELASTICITY INCOME GROUPS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME SHARE INCOME SOURCES INEQUALITY MEASURES INFLATION LABOR MARKET LOW INCOME MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MEAN CONSUMPTION MEAN LOG DEVIATION MEDIAN INCOME NEGATIVE GROWTH NEGATIVE VALUE PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY GAP POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC SPENDING PUBLIC TRANSFERS RAPID INCREASE REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL LEVELS RISING INCOME INEQUALITY RISING INEQUALITY RURAL POVERTY SAVINGS SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SOCIAL SECURITY STRUCTURAL REFORMS SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TARGETING TRANSITION ECONOMIES UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES WAGES WELFARE EFFECTS INCOME INEQUALITY URBAN EMPLOYMENT RURAL EMPLOYMENT WELFARE POVERTY ASSESSMENT URBAN POVERTY HOUSEHOLDS RURAL AREAS EMPLOYMENT CREATION LIVING STANDARDS HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES POVERTY HOUSING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/06/4843879/dynamics-income-inequality-welfare-latvia-late-1990s http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14067

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/06/4843879/dynamics-income-inequality-welfare-latvia-late-1990s
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14067

Dynamics of Income Inequality and Welfare in Latvia in the Late 1990s

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