Economic Mobility in Europe and Central Asia : Exploring Patterns and Uncovering Puzzles

Substantial upward economic mobility in the majority of countries in Europe and Central Asia in the 2000s translated into achievements in reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity. Although factors associated with upward mobility vary signifi...

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Main Authors: Cancho, Cesar, Davalos, Maria E., Demarchi, Giorgia, Meyer, Moritz, Sanchez Paramo, Carolina
Format: Publications & Research
Language:English
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topic ABSOLUTE TERMS
ACCESS TO EDUCATION
ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT
AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT
ANNUAL GROWTH
ANNUAL GROWTH RATE
AVERAGE GROWTH
AVERAGE GROWTH RATE
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
CHRONIC POVERTY
CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE
CONSUMPTION DATA
CONSUMPTION GROWTH
CONSUMPTION MEASURE
COUNTRY EXPERIENCES
COUNTRY INEQUALITY
COUNTRY LEVEL
CROP PRODUCTION
CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA
DATA AVAILABILITY
DATA SET
DECLINING INEQUALITY
DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DESCRIPTION
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC GROWTH PROSPECTS
ECONOMIC REFORM
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
ELASTICITY
EMPIRICAL MODEL
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
ERROR TERMS
ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES
EXTREME POVERTY
EXTREME POVERTY LINE
FAMILY MEMBERS
FEMALE
FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS
FINANCIAL CRISIS
GENDER
GINI COEFFICIENT
GLOBAL POVERTY
GROWTH RATES
HEALTH EXPENDITURES
HIGH GROWTH
HOUSEHOLD BUDGET
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD HEADS
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSING
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN CAPITAL ENDOWMENTS
INCOME
INCOME DIFFERENCES
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME LEVELS
INCOME SHARE
INCOME SHARES
INCOMES
INCREASED INEQUALITY
INCREASING INEQUALITY
INDEPENDENT VARIABLES
INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY DATA
INEQUALITY LEVELS
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INTEREST RATES
INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY
JOB CREATION
JOB DESTRUCTION
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKETS
LIVING CONDITIONS
LIVING STANDARDS
LOCALITIES
MARGINAL EFFECT
MARKET INCOME
MEAN CONSUMPTION
MEAN GROWTH
MIDDLE CLASS
MOBILITY
NATURAL DISASTER
NATURAL DISASTERS
NEGATIVE SHOCKS
NET CHANGES
NON-POOR HOUSEHOLDS
OBSERVED POVERTY REDUCTION
OLD AGE
PER CAPITA GROWTH
PER CAPITA GROWTH RATE
POINT ESTIMATES
POLICY AREAS
POLICY DISCUSSION
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY MAKING
POLICY PERSPECTIVE
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL INSTABILITY
POOR
POOR HOUSEHOLD
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POSITIVE IMPACT
POVERTY CHANGES
POVERTY DYNAMICS
POVERTY FOCUS
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY SERIES
POVERTY THRESHOLD
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE TRANSFERS
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC HOUSING
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC TRANSFERS
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
QUALITATIVE DATA
QUALITY OF LIFE
REDUCED POVERTY
REDUCING POVERTY
REDUCTION IN POVERTY
REGIONAL ANALYSIS
REGIONAL CONTEXT
REGIONAL LEVEL
REGIONAL PATTERNS
REGIONAL POVERTY
REGIONAL POVERTY LINE
REGIONAL POVERTY LINES
REGIONAL RESULTS
REGIONAL STANDARDS
REGRESSION ANALYSES
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
REGRESSION RESULTS
RELATIVE INCOME
RELATIVE POSITION
RISING INEQUALITY
RISK SHARING
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
RURAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL LABOR
RURAL LABOR MARKET
RURAL MEN
RURAL WOMEN
SAVINGS
SCHOOLING
SECTOR EMPLOYEES
SECTORAL COMPOSITION
SIGNIFICANT EFFECT
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS
SOCIAL MOBILITY
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SUB-REGION
SUB-REGIONS
SUBREGIONS
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
TRAFFIC
TRANSITION COUNTRIES
UNEMPLOYMENT
URBAN AREAS
URBAN COMMUNITIES
VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS
WAGE EMPLOYMENT
WELFARE DISTRIBUTION
spellingShingle ABSOLUTE TERMS
ACCESS TO EDUCATION
ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT
AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT
ANNUAL GROWTH
ANNUAL GROWTH RATE
AVERAGE GROWTH
AVERAGE GROWTH RATE
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
CHRONIC POVERTY
CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE
CONSUMPTION DATA
CONSUMPTION GROWTH
CONSUMPTION MEASURE
COUNTRY EXPERIENCES
COUNTRY INEQUALITY
COUNTRY LEVEL
CROP PRODUCTION
CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA
DATA AVAILABILITY
DATA SET
DECLINING INEQUALITY
DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DESCRIPTION
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC GROWTH PROSPECTS
ECONOMIC REFORM
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
ELASTICITY
EMPIRICAL MODEL
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
ERROR TERMS
ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES
EXTREME POVERTY
EXTREME POVERTY LINE
FAMILY MEMBERS
FEMALE
FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS
FINANCIAL CRISIS
GENDER
GINI COEFFICIENT
GLOBAL POVERTY
GROWTH RATES
HEALTH EXPENDITURES
HIGH GROWTH
HOUSEHOLD BUDGET
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD HEADS
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSING
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN CAPITAL ENDOWMENTS
INCOME
INCOME DIFFERENCES
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME LEVELS
INCOME SHARE
INCOME SHARES
INCOMES
INCREASED INEQUALITY
INCREASING INEQUALITY
INDEPENDENT VARIABLES
INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY DATA
INEQUALITY LEVELS
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INTEREST RATES
INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY
JOB CREATION
JOB DESTRUCTION
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKETS
LIVING CONDITIONS
LIVING STANDARDS
LOCALITIES
MARGINAL EFFECT
MARKET INCOME
MEAN CONSUMPTION
MEAN GROWTH
MIDDLE CLASS
MOBILITY
NATURAL DISASTER
NATURAL DISASTERS
NEGATIVE SHOCKS
NET CHANGES
NON-POOR HOUSEHOLDS
OBSERVED POVERTY REDUCTION
OLD AGE
PER CAPITA GROWTH
PER CAPITA GROWTH RATE
POINT ESTIMATES
POLICY AREAS
POLICY DISCUSSION
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY MAKING
POLICY PERSPECTIVE
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL INSTABILITY
POOR
POOR HOUSEHOLD
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POSITIVE IMPACT
POVERTY CHANGES
POVERTY DYNAMICS
POVERTY FOCUS
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY SERIES
POVERTY THRESHOLD
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE TRANSFERS
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC HOUSING
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC TRANSFERS
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
QUALITATIVE DATA
QUALITY OF LIFE
REDUCED POVERTY
REDUCING POVERTY
REDUCTION IN POVERTY
REGIONAL ANALYSIS
REGIONAL CONTEXT
REGIONAL LEVEL
REGIONAL PATTERNS
REGIONAL POVERTY
REGIONAL POVERTY LINE
REGIONAL POVERTY LINES
REGIONAL RESULTS
REGIONAL STANDARDS
REGRESSION ANALYSES
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
REGRESSION RESULTS
RELATIVE INCOME
RELATIVE POSITION
RISING INEQUALITY
RISK SHARING
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
RURAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL LABOR
RURAL LABOR MARKET
RURAL MEN
RURAL WOMEN
SAVINGS
SCHOOLING
SECTOR EMPLOYEES
SECTORAL COMPOSITION
SIGNIFICANT EFFECT
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS
SOCIAL MOBILITY
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SUB-REGION
SUB-REGIONS
SUBREGIONS
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
TRAFFIC
TRANSITION COUNTRIES
UNEMPLOYMENT
URBAN AREAS
URBAN COMMUNITIES
VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS
WAGE EMPLOYMENT
WELFARE DISTRIBUTION
Cancho, Cesar
Davalos, Maria E.
Demarchi, Giorgia
Meyer, Moritz
Sanchez Paramo, Carolina
Economic Mobility in Europe and Central Asia : Exploring Patterns and Uncovering Puzzles
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Central Asia
Eastern Europe
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7173
description Substantial upward economic mobility in the majority of countries in Europe and Central Asia in the 2000s translated into achievements in reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity. Although factors associated with upward mobility vary significantly by country, education and jobs undoubtedly play an important role in lifting households out of poverty and helping them to improve their living standards. This study finds there is a puzzling mismatch between the objective economic mobility patterns observed in survey data and people's subjective perception of their mobility. A majority of people in the region perceives they are worse off economically than in the past and voice frustration over limited opportunities to improve their lives. This disconnect is partly explained by increased inequality in the region, an increasing sense of unfairness in the processes to move up, and a more marked sense of insecurity and vulnerability. Although the region has been making headway in lifting households out of poverty, ensuring sustainable progress toward poverty reduction and shared prosperity requires policies that promote human capital accumulation, foster job creation, and offer adequate protection to improve households' resilience to shocks.
format Publications & Research
author Cancho, Cesar
Davalos, Maria E.
Demarchi, Giorgia
Meyer, Moritz
Sanchez Paramo, Carolina
author_facet Cancho, Cesar
Davalos, Maria E.
Demarchi, Giorgia
Meyer, Moritz
Sanchez Paramo, Carolina
author_sort Cancho, Cesar
title Economic Mobility in Europe and Central Asia : Exploring Patterns and Uncovering Puzzles
title_short Economic Mobility in Europe and Central Asia : Exploring Patterns and Uncovering Puzzles
title_full Economic Mobility in Europe and Central Asia : Exploring Patterns and Uncovering Puzzles
title_fullStr Economic Mobility in Europe and Central Asia : Exploring Patterns and Uncovering Puzzles
title_full_unstemmed Economic Mobility in Europe and Central Asia : Exploring Patterns and Uncovering Puzzles
title_sort economic mobility in europe and central asia : exploring patterns and uncovering puzzles
publisher World Bank Group, Washington, DC
publishDate 2015
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/23855033/economic-mobility-europe-central-asia-exploring-patterns-uncovering-puzzles
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21390
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spelling okr-10986-213902021-04-23T14:04:02Z Economic Mobility in Europe and Central Asia : Exploring Patterns and Uncovering Puzzles Cancho, Cesar Davalos, Maria E. Demarchi, Giorgia Meyer, Moritz Sanchez Paramo, Carolina ABSOLUTE TERMS ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT ANNUAL GROWTH ANNUAL GROWTH RATE AVERAGE GROWTH AVERAGE GROWTH RATE CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CHRONIC POVERTY CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE CONSUMPTION DATA CONSUMPTION GROWTH CONSUMPTION MEASURE COUNTRY EXPERIENCES COUNTRY INEQUALITY COUNTRY LEVEL CROP PRODUCTION CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA DATA AVAILABILITY DATA SET DECLINING INEQUALITY DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS DEPENDENT VARIABLE DESCRIPTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC GROWTH PROSPECTS ECONOMIC REFORM EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELASTICITY EMPIRICAL MODEL EMPLOYMENT STATUS ERROR TERMS ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME POVERTY LINE FAMILY MEMBERS FEMALE FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FINANCIAL CRISIS GENDER GINI COEFFICIENT GLOBAL POVERTY GROWTH RATES HEALTH EXPENDITURES HIGH GROWTH HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL ENDOWMENTS INCOME INCOME DIFFERENCES INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INCOME SHARE INCOME SHARES INCOMES INCREASED INEQUALITY INCREASING INEQUALITY INDEPENDENT VARIABLES INEQUALITY INEQUALITY DATA INEQUALITY LEVELS INEQUALITY MEASURES INTEREST RATES INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY JOB CREATION JOB DESTRUCTION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKETS LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LOCALITIES MARGINAL EFFECT MARKET INCOME MEAN CONSUMPTION MEAN GROWTH MIDDLE CLASS MOBILITY NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NEGATIVE SHOCKS NET CHANGES NON-POOR HOUSEHOLDS OBSERVED POVERTY REDUCTION OLD AGE PER CAPITA GROWTH PER CAPITA GROWTH RATE POINT ESTIMATES POLICY AREAS POLICY DISCUSSION POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY MAKING POLICY PERSPECTIVE POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL INSTABILITY POOR POOR HOUSEHOLD POOR HOUSEHOLDS POSITIVE IMPACT POVERTY CHANGES POVERTY DYNAMICS POVERTY FOCUS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY SERIES POVERTY THRESHOLD PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE TRANSFERS PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC HOUSING PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC TRANSFERS PUBLIC TRANSPORT QUALITATIVE DATA QUALITY OF LIFE REDUCED POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION IN POVERTY REGIONAL ANALYSIS REGIONAL CONTEXT REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL PATTERNS REGIONAL POVERTY REGIONAL POVERTY LINE REGIONAL POVERTY LINES REGIONAL RESULTS REGIONAL STANDARDS REGRESSION ANALYSES REGRESSION ANALYSIS REGRESSION RESULTS RELATIVE INCOME RELATIVE POSITION RISING INEQUALITY RISK SHARING RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL LABOR RURAL LABOR MARKET RURAL MEN RURAL WOMEN SAVINGS SCHOOLING SECTOR EMPLOYEES SECTORAL COMPOSITION SIGNIFICANT EFFECT SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS SOCIAL MOBILITY SOCIAL SCIENCE SUB-REGION SUB-REGIONS SUBREGIONS SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TRAFFIC TRANSITION COUNTRIES UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN COMMUNITIES VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS WAGE EMPLOYMENT WELFARE DISTRIBUTION Substantial upward economic mobility in the majority of countries in Europe and Central Asia in the 2000s translated into achievements in reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity. Although factors associated with upward mobility vary significantly by country, education and jobs undoubtedly play an important role in lifting households out of poverty and helping them to improve their living standards. This study finds there is a puzzling mismatch between the objective economic mobility patterns observed in survey data and people's subjective perception of their mobility. A majority of people in the region perceives they are worse off economically than in the past and voice frustration over limited opportunities to improve their lives. This disconnect is partly explained by increased inequality in the region, an increasing sense of unfairness in the processes to move up, and a more marked sense of insecurity and vulnerability. Although the region has been making headway in lifting households out of poverty, ensuring sustainable progress toward poverty reduction and shared prosperity requires policies that promote human capital accumulation, foster job creation, and offer adequate protection to improve households' resilience to shocks. 2015-02-03T16:05:47Z 2015-02-03T16:05:47Z 2015-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/23855033/economic-mobility-europe-central-asia-exploring-patterns-uncovering-puzzles http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21390 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7173 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Group, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Europe and Central Asia Central Asia Eastern Europe