Gerry, CJ;
Li, C;
(2004)
Coping with economic shocks: Consumption Smoothing and the 1998 Russian Financial Crisis.
(Economics Working Papers
43).
Centre for the Study of Economic and Social Change in Europe, SSEES, UCL: London, UK.
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Abstract
Applying quantile regression techniques to Russian data we investigate the channels through which individuals experience changes in their well being. We find that married individuals in non-rural households with university-educated heads are less vulnerable to severe welfare shocks. For the most vulnerable individuals the labour market plays a key role in transmitting the effects of aggregate shocks through the unemployment channel whereas those individuals able to maintain their employment status are more able to cope with economic shocks. While increases in pension payments help individuals to cope with shocks, it transpires that vulnerable individuals rely more broadly on the support of relatives and the produce of their garden plots and dachas.
Type: | Working / discussion paper |
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Title: | Coping with economic shocks: Consumption Smoothing and the 1998 Russian Financial Crisis |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
Language: | English |
Keywords: | Russia, vulnerability, consumption smooting, financial crisis |
UCL classification: | UCL |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/17533 |
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