@article{c1ae3a5e34994541af0eb1498d445f46,
title = "The Effect of State Transfers on Poverty in Post-Socialist Eastern Europe",
abstract = "During the market transition in Eastern Europe, social support mechanisms shifted from employment-based measures to means-tested ones. This restructuring, along with an overall decrease in social support and economic productivity and an increase in unemployment, meant that these payments were often inadequate to address the large rise in poverty during this period of time. Little research, however, considers whether individual-level payments were effective in reducing poverty. This paper considers the efficacy of these individual-level payments in Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania, using two-wave panel data. It shows that state transfers to individuals reduced their poverty in all these countries. Thus, while the level of payments may have been inadequate to eliminate the adverse effects of the market transition, the payments themselves were beneficial to individuals and reduced their poverty.",
keywords = "Market transition, Post-socialism, Roma, Welfare",
author = "Emigh, {Rebecca Jean} and Cynthia Feliciano and Corey O{\textquoteright}Malley and David Cook-Mart{\'i}n",
note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgements This work was facilitated by a University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) Faculty Senate Grant; a UCLA International Institute Faculty Small Grant Award; and grants from the Ford Foundation (Grants 990-0133 and 990-0133-1); the National Science Foundation (NSF) (Grant SES-9906120); The William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan; the California Center for Population Research, UCLA; and the Center for the Study of Women, UCLA. We would like to thank the participants of the Brown Bag Seminar at the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Rebecca Jean Emigh{\textquoteright}s working group; and Andy Lin, Xiao Chen, Ka-Yuet Liu for their comments and advice. Funding Information: This work was facilitated by a University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) Faculty Senate Grant; a UCLA International Institute Faculty Small Grant Award; and grants from the Ford Foundation (Grants 990-0133 and 990-0133-1); the National Science Foundation (NSF) (Grant SES-9906120); The William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan; the California Center for Population Research, UCLA; and the Center for the Study of Women, UCLA. We would like to thank the participants of the Brown Bag Seminar at the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Rebecca Jean Emigh?s working group; and Andy Lin, Xiao Chen, Ka-Yuet Liu for their comments and advice. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.",
year = "2018",
month = jul,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/s11205-017-1660-y",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "138",
pages = "545--574",
journal = "Social Indicators Research",
issn = "0303-8300",
publisher = "Springer Netherlands",
number = "2",
}