The Republic of Latvia : Poverty Assessment, Volume 1

This poverty assessment, focuses on three areas. The first is an update of the poverty profile, who are the poor in Latvia in 1998 and what determines their low level of income. The second looks at the labor market: determinants of earnings, and unemployment. The third assesses how the system of social assistance functions, including: who are the recipients of social assistance, what is the amount of "leakage", and why are certain households excluded. The functioning of social assistance is also linked with the issue of regional inequality in its delivery - a problem that has been repeatedly highlighted in the Latvian context.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: World Bank
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2000-06-14
Subjects:POVERTY MITIGATION, LIVING STANDARDS INDICATORS, LABOR MARKETS, SOCIAL TRANSFERS, SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, UNEMPLOYMENT, LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, LABOR DEMAND, POVERTY PROFILE, POVERTY RATES AGED, CENTRAL PLANNING, CURRENCY UNIT, DEPENDENT VARIABLE, DISCRIMINATION, ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS, ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT, ECONOMIC STRUCTURE, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, EXCHANGE RATE, EXCLUDED GROUPS, EXERCISES, EXPENDITURE DATA, EXPENDITURES, FAMILIES, FEMALE- HEADED HOUSEHOLDS, FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS, HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT, HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLD HEAD, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD SIZE, HOUSEHOLD WELFARE, HUMAN CAPITAL, INCOME, INEQUALITY, INFLATION, INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LABOR FORCE, LABOR FORCE SURVEY, LABOR MARKET, LIVING CONDITIONS, MARKET ECONOMY, MEAN CONSUMPTION, MIGRATION, MINIMUM WAGE, MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS, NATIONAL AVERAGE, OLDER PEOPLE, PENSION SYSTEM, PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POVERTY ASSESSMENT, POVERTY HEADCOUNT, POVERTY LEVELS, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY LINES, POVERTY MEASURES, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY, POVERTY RISK, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRODUCTIVITY, PUBLIC SECTOR, QUALITATIVE INFORMATION, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, RISK FACTORS, RURAL AREAS, RURAL POOR, SAFETY, SAFETY NET, SOCIAL ASSISTANCE, SOCIAL GROUP, SOCIAL SERVICES, STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT, STRUCTURAL REFORM, TRADE LIBERALIZATION, TRANSITION COUNTRIES, TRANSITION ECONOMIES, UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, URBAN AREAS, URBAN POVERTY, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, WAGE DIFFERENTIALS, WAGES, WELFARE GAINS, WELFARE MEASURE, WORKERS, YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUNG WOMEN, YOUTH, YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/06/436992/latvia-poverty-assessment-vol-1-2-summary
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15257
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