South Caucasus in Motion : Economic and Social Mobility in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia
This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of economic and social mobility in countries in the South Caucasus by complementing available household survey data in each of the countries in the subregion with other sources, such as the Life in Trans...
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okr-10986-293172021-06-08T14:42:48Z South Caucasus in Motion : Economic and Social Mobility in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia Tiwari, Sailesh Cancho, Cesar Meyer, Moritz Fuchs, Alan SOCIAL MOBILITY INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY POVERTY LINE CHRONIC POVERTY This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of economic and social mobility in countries in the South Caucasus by complementing available household survey data in each of the countries in the subregion with other sources, such as the Life in Transition Survey (2016). The first part of the paper -- concentrated on intragenerational mobility -- finds that despite progress made in reducing poverty over the past decade, there appears to be a significant amount of churning around the poverty line. Moreover, in Georgia and Armenia, roughly one in eight individuals lived in a state of chronic poverty in 2015, and in the case of Georgia, chronic poverty is not an exclusive phenomenon for rural areas. In addition, although social programs have provided a lifeline for the chronic poor, the ability to tap into labor market opportunities has been the ticket out of poverty. The second part of the paper expands the analysis to intergenerational or social mobility. The main findings are that (1) a higher proportion of the population in this subregion considers their pre-transition family life and the lives of their parents when they were of similar age as appropriate benchmarks to evaluate their current economic situations in comparison with the other transition countries, and (2) over half of the Georgian and Armenian population disagreed with the statement that asked their views on having a better in life than their parents, aligning with the “growing but unhappy” trend that has been reported for the region. 2018-02-05T20:33:00Z 2018-02-05T20:33:00Z 2018-02 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/534501517839334281/South-Caucasus-in-motion-economic-and-social-mobility-in-Armenia-Azerbaijan-and-Georgia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29317 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8329 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Europe and Central Asia Armenia Georgia |
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SOCIAL MOBILITY INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY POVERTY LINE CHRONIC POVERTY Tiwari, Sailesh Cancho, Cesar Meyer, Moritz Fuchs, Alan South Caucasus in Motion : Economic and Social Mobility in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia |
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This paper presents a comprehensive
analysis of economic and social mobility in countries in the
South Caucasus by complementing available household survey
data in each of the countries in the subregion with other
sources, such as the Life in Transition Survey (2016). The
first part of the paper -- concentrated on intragenerational
mobility -- finds that despite progress made in reducing
poverty over the past decade, there appears to be a
significant amount of churning around the poverty line.
Moreover, in Georgia and Armenia, roughly one in eight
individuals lived in a state of chronic poverty in 2015, and
in the case of Georgia, chronic poverty is not an exclusive
phenomenon for rural areas. In addition, although social
programs have provided a lifeline for the chronic poor, the
ability to tap into labor market opportunities has been the
ticket out of poverty. The second part of the paper expands
the analysis to intergenerational or social mobility. The
main findings are that (1) a higher proportion of the
population in this subregion considers their pre-transition
family life and the lives of their parents when they were of
similar age as appropriate benchmarks to evaluate their
current economic situations in comparison with the other
transition countries, and (2) over half of the Georgian and
Armenian population disagreed with the statement that asked
their views on having a better in life than their parents,
aligning with the “growing but unhappy” trend that has been
reported for the region. |
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Working Paper |
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Tiwari, Sailesh Cancho, Cesar Meyer, Moritz Fuchs, Alan |
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Tiwari, Sailesh Cancho, Cesar Meyer, Moritz Fuchs, Alan |
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Tiwari, Sailesh |
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South Caucasus in Motion : Economic and Social Mobility in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia |
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South Caucasus in Motion : Economic and Social Mobility in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia |
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South Caucasus in Motion : Economic and Social Mobility in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia |
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South Caucasus in Motion : Economic and Social Mobility in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia |
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South Caucasus in Motion : Economic and Social Mobility in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia |
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south caucasus in motion : economic and social mobility in armenia, azerbaijan and georgia |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2018 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/534501517839334281/South-Caucasus-in-motion-economic-and-social-mobility-in-Armenia-Azerbaijan-and-Georgia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29317 |
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