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Economic Growth and the Middle Class in an Economy in Transition

The Case of Russia

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Authors:
  1. Zoya Nissanov

    1. Department of Economics and Business Management, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel

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  • Analyzes the evolution of the middle class in post-socialist Russia
  • Measures of the degree of income bipolarization in Russia during a sixteen year period of economic transition
  • Uses semiparametric methods to determine the characteristics of economic classes in Russia as well as the likelihood of movement between them
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. What Does the Middle Class Refer To?

    • Zoya Nissanov
    Pages 1-8

  3. On the Transition in Russia

    • Zoya Nissanov
    Pages 9-19

  4. Distributional Change and What Happened to the Middle Class in Russia

    • Zoya Nissanov
    Pages 21-36

  5. Bipolarization and the Middle Class in Russia

    • Zoya Nissanov
    Pages 37-55

  6. On Polarization in Russia

    • Zoya Nissanov
    Pages 57-69

  7. The Socio-Economic Characteristics of the Middle Class

    • Zoya Nissanov
    Pages 71-92

  8. Income Mobility and the Middle Class

    • Zoya Nissanov
    Pages 93-101

  9. Concluding Comments

    • Zoya Nissanov
    Pages 103-106

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 107-118
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About this book

This book studies the evolution of the middle class in Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union. Using data from the RLMS (Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey), the volume covers the period of transition (1991-2008) during which many fundamental economic reforms were implemented. The first part of the book is devoted to a discussion of the concept of middle class and a description of the economic situation in Russia during the transition period. Particular attention is given to variations in the distribution of Russian incomes and the estimated importance of the middle class. The second part of the book focuses on the link between the middle class and income bipolarization. The third and last section of the book uses the semiparametric "mixture model" to discover how many different groups may be derived from the income distribution in Russia, as well as what the main socio-economic and demographic characteristics of those groups are. The mobility of households into and out of the middle class during the transition period is also studied in hopes of determining the factors that contribute to such mobility. Using rigorous empirical methods, this volume sheds light on a relatively unstudied economic group and provides insight for countries which are about to enter a transition period. As such, this book will be of great interest to researchers in economics and inequality as well as professionals and practitioners working with international organizations.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Economics and Business Management, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel

    Zoya Nissanov

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Economic Growth and the Middle Class in an Economy in Transition

  • Book Subtitle: The Case of Russia

  • Authors: Zoya Nissanov

  • Series Title: Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51094-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-51093-4Published: 09 February 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84564-7Published: 28 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-51094-1Published: 24 January 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2364-107X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2364-1088

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 118

  • Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 29 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Economic Growth, Development Economics, Econometrics

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