Moldova : A Story of Upward Economic Mobility

Moldova : A Story of Upward Economic Mobility

During the early 2000s, Moldova experienced strong economic growth and poverty and inequality reductions. This paper aims at uncovering the patterns behind these poverty trends by looking at economic mobility and its associated factors in Moldova....

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Main Authors:	Davalos, Maria E., Meyer, Moritz
Format:	Publications & Research
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ANNUAL GROWTH ANNUAL GROWTH RATE AVERAGE GROWTH BASIC EDUCATION CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CHANGES IN POVERTY CHRONIC POVERTY CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE CONSUMPTION GROWTH CONSUMPTION MEASURE CONSUMPTION POVERTY DATA AVAILABILITY DECLINE IN POVERTY DEPENDENT VARIABLE DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIFFERENT REGION DISAGGREGATED LEVEL DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGES DROUGHT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPIRICAL MODEL ERROR TERM ERROR TERMS ESTIMATED COEFFICIENTS ESTIMATION RESULTS ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME POVERTY LINE FEMALE FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FINANCIAL CRISIS FIXED EFFECTS GENDER GINI COEFFICIENT GROWTH PROCESS GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HEALTH EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL IDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKS INCOME INCOME GROWTH INDEPENDENT VARIABLES INEQUALITY LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKETS LABOR MOBILITY LIVING STANDARDS MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT MEAN GROWTH MEASURING POVERTY MOBILITY NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE NEGATIVE IMPACT NON-POOR HOUSEHOLDS PER CAPITA GROWTH POINT ESTIMATES POLICY AREAS POLICY DISCUSSION POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY PERSPECTIVE POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL INSTABILITY POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY CHANGES POVERTY DYNAMICS POVERTY FOCUS POVERTY LINE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY SERIES POVERTY THRESHOLD PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE TRANSFERS PRO-POOR REDUCED POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION IN POVERTY REGIONAL ANALYSIS REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL POVERTY REGIONAL POVERTY LINE RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL GROWTH RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL LABOR RURAL LABOR MARKET RURAL PHENOMENON RURAL POVERTY SECTORAL COMPOSITION SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS SOCIAL PROTECTION STANDARD DEVIATION UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN GROWTH URBAN POVERTY WAGE EMPLOYMENT WELFARE DISTRIBUTION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/23839214/moldova-story-upward-economic-mobility http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21384

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