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 un...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
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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spelling	okr-10986-152572021-04-23T14:03:15Z The Republic of Latvia : Poverty Assessment, Volume 1 World Bank 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 PARTICIPATION LABOR FORCE SURVEY LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS 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 PROFILE 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 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 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. 2013-08-21T16:37:55Z 2013-08-21T16:37:55Z 2000-06-14 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/06/436992/latvia-poverty-assessment-vol-1-2-summary http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15257 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Europe and Central Asia Latvia
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topic	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 PARTICIPATION LABOR FORCE SURVEY LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS 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 PROFILE 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 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
spellingShingle	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 PARTICIPATION LABOR FORCE SURVEY LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS 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 PROFILE 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 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 World Bank The Republic of Latvia : Poverty Assessment, Volume 1
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description	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.
author	World Bank
author_facet	World Bank
author_sort	World Bank
title	The Republic of Latvia : Poverty Assessment, Volume 1
title_short	The Republic of Latvia : Poverty Assessment, Volume 1
title_full	The Republic of Latvia : Poverty Assessment, Volume 1
title_fullStr	The Republic of Latvia : Poverty Assessment, Volume 1
title_full_unstemmed	The Republic of Latvia : Poverty Assessment, Volume 1
title_sort	republic of latvia : poverty assessment, volume 1
publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2013
url	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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