This note details simulations of the distributional impacts of the 2009 financial crisis on households in Latvia. It uses household survey data collected prior to the crisis and simulates the impact of the growth slowdown. The simulations show that Latvia experienced a sharp rise in poverty, widening of the poverty gap, and a rise in income inequality due to the economic contraction in 2009. The 18 percent contraction in gross domestic product (affecting...
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2012/01/01
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Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas
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WPS5960
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2012/01/01
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Simulating the impact of the 2009 financial crisis on welfare in Latvia
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analysis of poverty reduction strategies