Growth, Poverty, and Inequality

Alam, Asad; Murthi, Mamta; Yemtsov, Ruslan; Murrugarra, Edmundo; Dudwick, Nora; Hamilton, Ellen; Tiongson, Erwin R.

doi:10.1596/978-0-8213-6193-1

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“…The economic crises of differing levels across these countries had consequences for both postponement decisions and quantum fertility levels (Myrskylä et al 2013; Sobotka 2003). Exploratory analyses of our data suggest that regions with varying income levels were not substantially different in their initial fertility reaction to the crisis, but that high developed areas seemed to have generally recovered more quickly (see also Alam et al 2005 and Macours and Swinnen 2008). These uneven recoveries from the transition shock might appear as the emergence of a positive relationship, even though they are likely “noise” of a distortion due to the post-communist crisis.…”

Section: Development Economic Centres and Peripheries And Fertilitymentioning

confidence: 61%

Is a Positive Relationship Between Fertility and Economic Development Emerging at the Sub-National Regional Level? Theoretical Considerations and Evidence from Europe

2018

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Evidence for nation-states suggests that the long-standing negative relationship between fertility and economic development might turn positive at high levels of development. The robustness of the reversal continues to be debated. We add to this discussion from a novel angle by considering whether such a reversal could also occur at the sub-national level within highly developed countries. Our contributions are both theoretical and empirical. We first discuss important trends which might foster the emergence of a positive fertility–development relationship across regions of highly developed countries. These include shifts in family policies, changes in the spatial organisation of the economic sphere, and selective international and internal migration processes. In order to explore whether we observe tendencies towards a reversal, we investigate data covering 20 European countries subdivided in 256 regions between 1990 and 2012. We document a weakening of the negative relationship between fertility and economic development within many countries, and among some countries the emergence of a positive relationship. These findings do not seem to be driven by postponement effects alone. However, there is substantial variation in the fertility and the economic development levels at which such tendencies towards a reversal are observed. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s10680-018-9485-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Section: Development Economic Centres and Peripheries And Fertilitymentioning

confidence: 61%

Is a Positive Relationship Between Fertility and Economic Development Emerging at the Sub-National Regional Level? Theoretical Considerations and Evidence from Europe

2018

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“…Research on welfare in the region has included studies of the politics of social policy (Cook, 2007;Cox, 2007;Cox and Gallai, 2012;Offe, 1993;Orenstein, 2008;Potůček, 2008), changing pensions policies (Fultz, 2002;Orenstein, 2008;Szalai, 2004), the influence of international organisations on welfare policies in the region (Deacon and Hulse 1997;Orenstein and Haas 2005), welfare assistance (Braithwaite et al, 2000;Nelson, 2010;Ringold and Kasek, 2007), and empirical studies of the INTERSECTIONS. EAST EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIETY AND POLITICS, 4 (1): 24-44. consequences of changing welfare provision for the poverty, income inequality and security of different social groups (Dudwick et al, 2005;EBRD, 2011;Emigh and Szelényi, 2001;Smith et al, 2008;Swain, 2011;Szalai, 2006). Further studies have focused on the forces shaping the emergence of post-socialist welfare provision in terms of long-term historical legacies (Cerami and Vanhuysee, 2009;Inglot, 2008) and the immediate political needs of post-socialist ruling political elites in managing the high costs of the economic transition, reducing welfare spending and dividing and pacifying competing social groups (Vanhuysse, 2006;Bohle and Greskovits, 2012).…”

Section: The Welfare Regime Debate and Central And Eastern Europementioning

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Bifurcation, Stratification and Informality in Post-Socialist Welfare Regimes

Cox¹

2018

Intersections

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The essay assesses the work of Júlia Szalai on the concept of the bifurcated welfare state as a contribution to the debate on welfare regimes in Central and Eastern Europe. It locates her work in the context of the debate around Esping-Andersen’s ideal types of welfare state regimes and sees the bifurcated welfare state as offering a means of understanding the key features of hybrid welfare states in East Central Europe. The essay then examines evidence in support of the concept and explores possible ways in which the idea may contribute to the research agenda on welfare regimes.

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“…A very few studies were conducted in selected countries within Eastern Europe (Rabusic and Sirovatka, 1999; van Oorschot, 2006), while the less developed countries of Central Asia, the Caucasus, and most of the Balkans have only received cursory attention. However, these less developed countries initially experienced higher levels of poverty and less effective social welfare programs – problems that were further exacerbated during the transitions that followed the communist period (Alam et al , 2005; Habibov and Fan, 2007; Habibov, 2012). As the governments of these countries examine ways to strengthen their social welfare systems, there is the need for policy-makers and social administrators to better understand preferences with respect to perceptions of deservingness, and the factors influencing them.…”

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Explaining support for redistribution for different groups of the needy

Habibov

Cheung

Auchynnikava³

2018

IJSE

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore factors which may explain support for redistribution for different groups of the needy in 28 post-communist countries. Design/methodology/approach Using a cross-country survey (n=25,845), the authors evaluate preferences for redistribution to the elderly, the disabled, families with children, the working poor, and the unemployed. Findings People in post-communist countries made the distinction between deserving groups of the needy – the aged, the disabled, and families with children, and undeserving groups – the unemployed and the working poor. Among the individual-level factors, adherence to equality and attributing poverty to structural problems increased the probability of supporting redistribution. Among country-level factors, the authors’ results stress the positive influence of income inequality on support for redistribution for all groups of the needy under investigation. Notably, the authors did not find a negative influence of the business cycle on support for the working poor and unemployed. Originality/value This is the first paper that examines support for the needy in a diverse sample of 28 post-communist countries. The findings will help policy-makers and social administrators to better understand factors influencing support for redistribution toward different groups of the needy.

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Growth, Poverty, and Inequality

Cited by 62 publications

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Is a Positive Relationship Between Fertility and Economic Development Emerging at the Sub-National Regional Level? Theoretical Considerations and Evidence from Europe

Is a Positive Relationship Between Fertility and Economic Development Emerging at the Sub-National Regional Level? Theoretical Considerations and Evidence from Europe

Bifurcation, Stratification and Informality in Post-Socialist Welfare Regimes

Explaining support for redistribution for different groups of the needy

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