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Household Expenditure and Income Data for Transitional Economies 1993-1998

Armenia, Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, 1993 - 1998
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Reference ID
ECA_1998_HEIDE_v01_M
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48529/2jbf-rx21
Producer(s)
Branko L. Milanovic
Collection(s)
Development Research Microdata Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
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Apr 01, 2011
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Apr 27, 2021
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    Survey ID number

    ECA_1998_HEIDE_v01_M

    Title

    Household Expenditure and Income Data for Transitional Economies 1993-1998

    Country/Economy
    Name Country code
    Armenia ARM
    Bulgaria BGR
    Estonia EST
    Hungary HUN
    Kyrgyz Republic KGZ
    Latvia LVA
    Poland POL
    Russian Federation RUS
    Slovak Republic SVK
    Study type

    Macroeconomics - Indicators

    Abstract
    The startling drop in incomes and increase in inequality accompanying the transition to market economies in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union raise critical questions: Who is most likely to be poor? How well are existing social assistance programs reaching those who most need help? And what kind of programs would be most effective in reducing poverty? As part of a project analyzing poverty and social assistance in the transition economies, a Bank research team created a database of household expenditure and income data from recent surveys - the HEIDE database. (See the book by J. Braithwaite, Ch. Grootaert and B. Milanovic, "Poverty and social assistance in Transition Countries, St. Martin's Press, 1999" and the book by B. Milanovic, Income, inequality, and poverty during the transition from planned to market economy, World Bank, 1998.)

    The HEIDE database includes four countries in both Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. Latvia was then added at a later stage.

    The four files are:
    -hhold: Household data consists of the variables in Variable List at household level.
    -ind: Individual data consists of the variables in Variable List at individual level.
    -modelh: Household data consists of the variables used in regression models.
    -modeli: Individual data consists of the variables used in regression models.

    Prefixes are used to indicate countries for the data files, i.e.
    A- Rural Armenia
    B- Bulgaria
    E- Estonia
    H- Hungary
    K- Kyrgyz
    P- Poland
    R- Russia
    S- Slovak
    Y- Urban Armenia

    The survey data were cleaned for possible inconsistencies and errors and adjusted for missing data and outliers. The compilation of almost 100 variables with similar definitions for the eight countries allows ready cross-country analysis and comparisons. A consistent syntax is used for the variables to enable researchers to use the same macro routines across countries. There are more than 3 million data points.
    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]

    Scope

    Notes

    The scope of ECA 1998 HEIDE includes:

    • Demographic information
    • Education
    • Assets
    • Income
    • Expenditure

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    The database includes data from Armenia, Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Poland, Russia, and the Slovak Republic.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Branko L. Milanovic World Bank

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End Cycle
    1994 1994 Armenia
    1995 1995 Bulgaria
    1995 1995 Estonia
    1993 1993 Hungary
    1993 1993 Kyrgyz Republic
    1997 1998 Latvia
    1993 1993 Poland
    1993 1994 Russia
    1993 1993 Slovak Republic
    Time periods
    Start date End date Cycle
    1994 1994 Armenia
    1995 1995 Bulgaria
    1995 1995 Estonia
    1993 1993 Hungary
    1993 1993 Kyrgyz republic
    1997 1998 Latvia
    1993 1993 Poland
    1993 1994 Russia
    1993 1993 Slovak Republic

    Data processing

    Data Editing

    The survey data were cleaned for possible inconsistencies and errors and adjusted for missing data and outliers. The compilation of almost 100 variables with similar definitions for the eight countries allows ready cross-country analysis and comparisons.

    See document "Household Expenditure and Income Data for Transitional Economies (HEIDE): Data Cleaning and Rent Imputation - Appendix 1 of RAD project "Poverty and Targeting of Social Assistance in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union"".

    Data Access

    Citation requirements

    Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:

    • the Identification of the Primary Investigator
    • the title of the survey (including acronym and year of implementation)
    • the survey reference number
    • the source and date of download

    Example:

    Branko L. Milanovic, World Bank. Household Expenditure and Income Data for Transitional Economies (HEIDE) 1993-1998. Ref. ECA_1998_HEIDE_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from http://microdata.worldbank.org on [date].

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    Development Research Group World Bank research@worldbank.org http://go.worldbank.org/B9W4QTDHR0

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_ECA_1998_HEIDE_v02_M

    Date of Metadata Production

    2010-09-07

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    DDI Document - Version 02 - (04/27/21)
    This version is identical to DDI_ECA_1998_HEIDE_v01_M but country field has been updated to capture all the countries covered by survey.

    Version 01 (September 2010)

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