Change in the Perception of the Poverty Line during Times of Depression: Russia 1993-96

Milanovic, Branko

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“…In contrast we know very little about the effects of aggregate declines in income on reference norms. For an excellent account of how norms can shift downwards, see Milanovic and Jovanovic [1999] the chapter on 'The American Soldier' in Merton [1957]. 23.…”

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Frustrated Achievers: Winners, Losers and Subjective Well-Being in New Market Economies

Graham¹,

Pettinato²

2002

Journal of Development Studies

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To date the literature on subjective well-being has focused on the developed economies. We provide empirical evidence from two emerging market countries, Peru and Russia. Our results - and in particular a strong negative skew in the assessments of the respondents with the greatest income gains - support the importance of relative rather than absolute income differences. Among other factors, we attribute our results to shifts in reference norms and to macroeconomic volatility. Relative differences seem to matter more for those in the middle of the distribution than for the very wealthy or the very poor. Our respondents were more critical in assessing their progress vis-a-vis others in their country versus those in their community. The large and consistent gap we find between objective income trends and the subjective assessments of the upwardly mobile may have implications for the future economic and political behaviour of a group that is critical to the sustainability of market policies.subjective well-being, Peru, Russia, relative income differences, sustainability of market policies,

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Frustrated Achievers: Winners, Losers and Subjective Well-Being in New Market Economies

Graham¹,

Pettinato²

2002

Journal of Development Studies

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“…The dramatic rise in poverty during the transition years in Russia has shifted reference norms downward. Milanovic and Jovanovic (1999) found Subjective Well-Being and Objective Measures 161 that subjective perceptions of the minimum income needed for a family to live-the subjective poverty line-fell from 1993 to 1996, and by the end of the period closely approximated the official minimum income level, which began well below the subjective level and remained the same throughout the period.…”

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Measuring empowerment: cross-disciplinary perspectives

2005

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“…For instance, subjective measures of poverty are sometimes found to be higher than externally derived measures-see Fafchamps & Shilpi (2003) on Nepal, Mangahas (2003) on the Phillipines, Milanovic & Jovanovic (1999) on Russia-or simply to identify different individuals/households- Kingdon & Knight (2003 on South Africa, Razafindrakoto & Roubaud (2000 on Madagascar and sub-Saharan Africa, Lever (2004) Apart from this work on income-based poverty lines, little research engages the relationship between other aspects of poverty and subjective indicators, and no nationally representative work was found in any country exploring the connections between any of the psychological indicators and any objective measures. Further work is needed to reconcile these subjective and objective dimensions, and particularly to probe the role of adaptive preferences-which we discuss in more detail below.…”

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Psychological and Subjective Well-being: A Proposal for Internationally Comparable Indicators

Samman¹

2007

Oxford Development Studies

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This article sets out a proposal to measure psychological and subjective states of well-being in individual and household surveys. In particular, it proposes a shortlist of seven indicators, and a module containing the relevant questions needed to construct them. The indicators address both eudaimonic and hedonic criteria, and cover four aspects of well-being: (1) meaning in life; (2) relatedness, following self-determination theory; the three “basic psychological needs” of autonomy, competence and relatedness; (3) domain-specific and overall life satisfaction; and (4) happiness. The article recommends that further research explore the connections between these indicators, as well as their relationship with objective measures of disadvantage. While reaffirming that perceptual states should not be treated as aims of government policy, it is argued that they may provide a richer understanding of peoples' values and behavior—and therefore that further research on the subject could deepen our understanding of capability poverty.

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Change in the Perception of the Poverty Line during Times of Depression: Russia 1993-96

Cited by 9 publications

References 7 publications

Frustrated Achievers: Winners, Losers and Subjective Well-Being in New Market Economies

Frustrated Achievers: Winners, Losers and Subjective Well-Being in New Market Economies

Measuring empowerment: cross-disciplinary perspectives

Psychological and Subjective Well-being: A Proposal for Internationally Comparable Indicators

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