Moldova - The Consequences of Several Shocks for Consumption and Poverty
The distribution of consumption in Moldova implies that changes in workers' remittances, migration, and energy prices could influence consumption and poverty rates in some unexpected and even counter-intuitive ways. Relatively well-off groups,...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Other Poverty Study |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
World Bank
2012
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20091014002459 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3117 |
| id |
okr-10986-3117 |
|---|---|
| recordtype |
oai_dc |
| spelling |
okr-10986-31172021-04-23T14:02:07Z Moldova - The Consequences of Several Shocks for Consumption and Poverty World Bank POVERTY The distribution of consumption in Moldova implies that changes in workers' remittances, migration, and energy prices could influence consumption and poverty rates in some unexpected and even counter-intuitive ways. Relatively well-off groups, rather than the poor, benefit most from remittances and have the most to lose from a decline. The burden of an energy price shock is spread through the economy, although the poor are most affected because they consume somewhat more energy in proportion to their consumption. The consumption of relatively wealthy groups is linked directly to price of natural gas, while the consumption of the poor is linked more directly to the price of wood fuel. And, child poverty is most closely linked to family dissolution, rather than to migration in itself. Migrants come disproportionately from relatively rich households, and this is true even after adjustment for the income received from remittances. The conclusion is to urge research into the dynamics of family solidarity and dissolution in Moldova, since this may suggest interventions to reduce child poverty. To deepen understanding of child poverty, it will be useful to collect the data necessary to construct better indicators of outcomes for children with absent parents, for instance, on their school attendance, educational achievement, and nutrition. 2012-03-19T17:24:53Z 2012-03-19T17:24:53Z 2009-09-17 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20091014002459 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3117 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank Economic & Sector Work :: Other Poverty Study Europe and Central Asia Europe Eastern Europe Commonwealth of Independent States Moldova |
| repository_type |
Digital Repository |
| institution_category |
Foreign Institution |
| institution |
Digital Repositories |
| building |
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository |
| collection |
World Bank |
| language |
English |
| topic |
POVERTY |
| spellingShingle |
POVERTY World Bank Moldova - The Consequences of Several Shocks for Consumption and Poverty |
| geographic_facet |
Europe and Central Asia Europe Eastern Europe Commonwealth of Independent States Moldova |
| description |
The distribution of consumption in
Moldova implies that changes in workers' remittances,
migration, and energy prices could influence consumption and
poverty rates in some unexpected and even counter-intuitive
ways. Relatively well-off groups, rather than the poor,
benefit most from remittances and have the most to lose from
a decline. The burden of an energy price shock is spread
through the economy, although the poor are most affected
because they consume somewhat more energy in proportion to
their consumption. The consumption of relatively wealthy
groups is linked directly to price of natural gas, while the
consumption of the poor is linked more directly to the price
of wood fuel. And, child poverty is most closely linked to
family dissolution, rather than to migration in itself.
Migrants come disproportionately from relatively rich
households, and this is true even after adjustment for the
income received from remittances. The conclusion is to urge
research into the dynamics of family solidarity and
dissolution in Moldova, since this may suggest interventions
to reduce child poverty. To deepen understanding of child
poverty, it will be useful to collect the data necessary to
construct better indicators of outcomes for children with
absent parents, for instance, on their school attendance,
educational achievement, and nutrition. |
| format |
Economic & Sector Work :: Other Poverty Study |
| author |
World Bank |
| author_facet |
World Bank |
| author_sort |
World Bank |
| title |
Moldova - The Consequences of Several Shocks for Consumption and Poverty |
| title_short |
Moldova - The Consequences of Several Shocks for Consumption and Poverty |
| title_full |
Moldova - The Consequences of Several Shocks for Consumption and Poverty |
| title_fullStr |
Moldova - The Consequences of Several Shocks for Consumption and Poverty |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Moldova - The Consequences of Several Shocks for Consumption and Poverty |
| title_sort |
moldova - the consequences of several shocks for consumption and poverty |
| publisher |
World Bank |
| publishDate |
2012 |
| url |
http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20091014002459 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3117 |
| _version_ |
1764386486456680448 |