Rich and Powerful? Subjective Power and Welfare in Russia

Does "empowerment" come hand-in-hand with higher economic welfare? In theory, higher income is likely to raise both power and welfare, but heterogeneity in other characteristics and household formation can either strengthen or weaken the...

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Main Authors: Lokshin, Michael, Ravallion, Martin
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/06/1939089/rich-powerful-subjective-power-welfare-russia
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spelling okr-10986-142912021-04-23T14:03:20Z Rich and Powerful? Subjective Power and Welfare in Russia Lokshin, Michael Ravallion, Martin WELFARE ECONOMICS EMPOWERMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY INCOME GROWTH HOUSEHOLD INCOME DATA ANALYSIS INDIVIDUAL IN ECONOMICS ECONOMIC GROWTH INCOME GENERATION RETURN TO THE WORKFORCE INCOME INEQUALITIES AGGREGATE VARIABILITY GENDER GAP ADULTS ARGUMENTS CONSCIOUSNESS DATA SET DECISION MAKING DEFLATORS DIMINISHING MARGINAL UTILITY DIMINISHING RETURNS DISCRIMINATION DISPOSABLE INCOME ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SURVEYS EMPIRICAL ASSOCIATION EMPIRICAL MODELS EMPOWERMENT ETHNICITY EXPLANATORY VARIABLES FAMILIES FINANCIAL CRISIS FUNCTIONAL FORM GENDER HIGH CORRELATION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLDS INCOME INCOME DIFFERENCES INCOME EFFECT INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME VARIABLES INCREASING FUNCTION INCREASING RETURNS INDIVIDUAL INCOMES INTRINSIC VALUE MARGINAL UTILITY MARITAL STATUS MIGRATION NEGATIVE COEFFICIENT 0 HYPOTHESIS PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY OBJECTIVE POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POLITICAL SCIENCE POSITIVE EFFECT POSITIVE EFFECTS POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP POWER PUBLIC POLICY RATED POWER REDISTRIBUTION POLICY REDUCING POVERTY REGIONAL DIFFERENCES REGIONAL DUMMIES SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION SIGNIFICANT EFFECT SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIETIES SOCIETY SOCIOLOGY UNEMPLOYMENT UTILITY FUNCTIONS WAGES Does "empowerment" come hand-in-hand with higher economic welfare? In theory, higher income is likely to raise both power and welfare, but heterogeneity in other characteristics and household formation can either strengthen or weaken the relationship. Survey data on Russian adults indicate that higher individual and household incomes raise both self-rated power and welfare. The individual income effect is primarily direct, rather than through higher household income. There are diminishing returns to income, though income inequality emerges as only a minor factor reducing either aggregate power or welfare. At given income, the identified covariates have strikingly similar effects on power and welfare. There are some notable differences between men and women in perceived power. 2013-07-01T14:09:42Z 2013-07-01T14:09:42Z 2002-06-30 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/06/1939089/rich-powerful-subjective-power-welfare-russia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14291 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No.2854 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, D.C. Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia Russian Federation
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topic WELFARE ECONOMICS
EMPOWERMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY
INCOME GROWTH
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
DATA ANALYSIS
INDIVIDUAL IN ECONOMICS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
INCOME GENERATION
RETURN TO THE WORKFORCE
INCOME INEQUALITIES
AGGREGATE VARIABILITY
GENDER GAP ADULTS
ARGUMENTS
CONSCIOUSNESS
DATA SET
DECISION MAKING
DEFLATORS
DIMINISHING MARGINAL UTILITY
DIMINISHING RETURNS
DISCRIMINATION
DISPOSABLE INCOME
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC SURVEYS
EMPIRICAL ASSOCIATION
EMPIRICAL MODELS
EMPOWERMENT
ETHNICITY
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
FAMILIES
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FUNCTIONAL FORM
GENDER
HIGH CORRELATION
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLDS
INCOME
INCOME DIFFERENCES
INCOME EFFECT
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME VARIABLES
INCREASING FUNCTION
INCREASING RETURNS
INDIVIDUAL INCOMES
INTRINSIC VALUE
MARGINAL UTILITY
MARITAL STATUS
MIGRATION
NEGATIVE COEFFICIENT
0 HYPOTHESIS
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICY OBJECTIVE
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
POLITICAL SCIENCE
POSITIVE EFFECT
POSITIVE EFFECTS
POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP
POWER
PUBLIC POLICY
RATED POWER
REDISTRIBUTION POLICY
REDUCING POVERTY
REGIONAL DIFFERENCES
REGIONAL DUMMIES
SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION
SIGNIFICANT EFFECT
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
SOCIAL SCIENCES
SOCIETIES
SOCIETY
SOCIOLOGY
UNEMPLOYMENT
UTILITY FUNCTIONS
WAGES
spellingShingle WELFARE ECONOMICS
EMPOWERMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY
INCOME GROWTH
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
DATA ANALYSIS
INDIVIDUAL IN ECONOMICS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
INCOME GENERATION
RETURN TO THE WORKFORCE
INCOME INEQUALITIES
AGGREGATE VARIABILITY
GENDER GAP ADULTS
ARGUMENTS
CONSCIOUSNESS
DATA SET
DECISION MAKING
DEFLATORS
DIMINISHING MARGINAL UTILITY
DIMINISHING RETURNS
DISCRIMINATION
DISPOSABLE INCOME
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC SURVEYS
EMPIRICAL ASSOCIATION
EMPIRICAL MODELS
EMPOWERMENT
ETHNICITY
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
FAMILIES
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FUNCTIONAL FORM
GENDER
HIGH CORRELATION
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLDS
INCOME
INCOME DIFFERENCES
INCOME EFFECT
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME VARIABLES
INCREASING FUNCTION
INCREASING RETURNS
INDIVIDUAL INCOMES
INTRINSIC VALUE
MARGINAL UTILITY
MARITAL STATUS
MIGRATION
NEGATIVE COEFFICIENT
0 HYPOTHESIS
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICY OBJECTIVE
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
POLITICAL SCIENCE
POSITIVE EFFECT
POSITIVE EFFECTS
POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP
POWER
PUBLIC POLICY
RATED POWER
REDISTRIBUTION POLICY
REDUCING POVERTY
REGIONAL DIFFERENCES
REGIONAL DUMMIES
SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION
SIGNIFICANT EFFECT
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
SOCIAL SCIENCES
SOCIETIES
SOCIETY
SOCIOLOGY
UNEMPLOYMENT
UTILITY FUNCTIONS
WAGES
Lokshin, Michael
Ravallion, Martin
Rich and Powerful? Subjective Power and Welfare in Russia
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Russian Federation
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No.2854
description Does "empowerment" come hand-in-hand with higher economic welfare? In theory, higher income is likely to raise both power and welfare, but heterogeneity in other characteristics and household formation can either strengthen or weaken the relationship. Survey data on Russian adults indicate that higher individual and household incomes raise both self-rated power and welfare. The individual income effect is primarily direct, rather than through higher household income. There are diminishing returns to income, though income inequality emerges as only a minor factor reducing either aggregate power or welfare. At given income, the identified covariates have strikingly similar effects on power and welfare. There are some notable differences between men and women in perceived power.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Lokshin, Michael
Ravallion, Martin
author_facet Lokshin, Michael
Ravallion, Martin
author_sort Lokshin, Michael
title Rich and Powerful? Subjective Power and Welfare in Russia
title_short Rich and Powerful? Subjective Power and Welfare in Russia
title_full Rich and Powerful? Subjective Power and Welfare in Russia
title_fullStr Rich and Powerful? Subjective Power and Welfare in Russia
title_full_unstemmed Rich and Powerful? Subjective Power and Welfare in Russia
title_sort rich and powerful? subjective power and welfare in russia
publisher World Bank, Washington, D.C.
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/06/1939089/rich-powerful-subjective-power-welfare-russia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14291
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