TY  - CHAP
AU  - Odgaard, Ole
PY  - 1996
DA  - 1996//
TI  - Living standards and poverty
BT  - mongolia in transition
T3  - Studies in Asian topics
SP  - 103
EP  - 134
IS  - no. 22
PB  - Curzon
CY  - Richmond, Surrey
KW  - Mongolia
KW  - Income and demand
KW  - Labor supply and employment
KW  - Wages and salaries
KW  - Household
KW  - Disabilities
KW  - Poverty
KW  - Dependency
AB  - In this chapter from the book 'Mongolia in Transition,' Odgaard tries to assess the degree of poverty Mongolia has fallen into in the post-socialist era. He examines the collapse of Mongolia's social service sector after Soviet Union subsidies were abolished in 1990. General unemployment and poverty have increased, especially in rural areas. To gage poverty, Odgaard looks at GDP estimates, household surveys, and opinion polls. For urban areas he examines wages, pensions, unemployment, number of orphans. For rural areas he examines household composition and income, and distribution of livestock. Health, education, the collapse of the welfare system, and rise of traditional networks of exchange and mutual assistant are also discussed.
SN  - 0142-6208
SN  - 0700704183
UR  - https://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/document?id=ah01-021
LA  - English
N1  - Ole Odgaard
ID  - ah01-021
Y1  - 2022-07-01
ER  -