Comparative multivariate assessment of poverty in urban and rural areas

Issue № 7, 2018, article № 1, pages 2-15

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Language: Russian

Original language title: СРАВНИТЕЛЬНАЯ МНОГОМЕРНАЯ ОЦЕНКА РАСПРОСТРАНЕНИЯ БЕДНОСТИ В ГОРОДЕ И НА СЕЛЕ

Keywords: METHODS OF POVERTY ESTIMATION, LOCALIZATION OF POVERTY, CASH INCOME, MINIMAL INCOME, LIVING WAGE, FOODCOSTS, STATE SUPPORT OF AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND RURAL AREAS

Abstract: Poverty in modern Russia is a priority socio-economic issue that needs in-depth study in the context of indi-vidual socio-demographic and socio-economic groups of society and the population living in different regions, in ur-ban and rural settlements. At the same time, along with the official assessment of the poverty level based on the com-parison of the average per capita monetary income of the household with the value of the subsistence minimum, de-fined as the poverty line, it is necessary to use other methodological approaches widely used in international practice:the relative method based on the assessment of the correspondence of income or expenditure of the population to theirmedian values in the country, the method of material deprivation, the Engel method, which determines the povertylevel by the share of household expenditure on food and the subjective method, which provides self-assessment by re-spondents of their financial situation. This will make it possible to increase the validity and effectiveness of manage-ment decisions taken by Federal, regional and local authorities in the field of employment, wages, pensions, supportfor families with children and other socially vulnerable segments of the population, investment, credit and tax policiesaimed at increasing the material wealth of Russian citizens and reducing the risk of slipping into poverty. The resultsof a multidimensional comparative analysis of the spread of poverty in urban and rural settlements, despite ambigu-ous estimates, indicate the localization of Russian poverty in rural areas, which requires the development of targetedpriority measures to address this problem in rural settlements.

Authors: Bondarenko Liudmila Vasilevna