Income Mobility in Russia (2000-2005)

EERC Discussion Paper 09/02

54 Pages Posted: 9 Dec 2009 Last revised: 14 Mar 2012

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Anna Lukiyanova

National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow)

Aleksey Y. Oshchepkov

National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow)

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Date Written: 2009

Abstract

Although much research has been conducted on annual income inequality in Russia, little has been know about longer-run measures of income inequality and on income mobility. Using the data from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey, this paper investigates income mobility in Russia during the period of rapid economic growth. Employing a broad set of mobility indices, we show that there is much mobility in household incomes from one year to the next in Russia. There is some evidence of greater mobility for those in the tails of the income distribution relative to the middle. However, income movements in Russia over this period are largely associated with transitory rather than permanent changes.

Keywords: Income mobility, inequality, pro-poor growth, Russia, RLMS

JEL Classification: D31, J60, H24

Suggested Citation

Lukiyanova, Anna and Oshchepkov, Aleksey Y., Income Mobility in Russia (2000-2005) (2009). EERC Discussion Paper 09/02, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1521069 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1521069

Anna Lukiyanova

National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) ( email )

Myasnitskaya street, 20
Moscow, Moscow 119017
Russia

Aleksey Y. Oshchepkov (Contact Author)

National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) ( email )

Myasnitskaya, 20
Moscow, 101000
Russia

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