Household incomes in Central Asia: The case of Post-Soviet Kazakhstan

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 327-347

  O'Hara, Sarah ^a,b   Gentile, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Economic crisis; Garden plots; Household income; Income inequality; Kazakhs; Kazakhstan; Oil and gas industry; Oil prices; Post transition economy; Russians; Subsistence minimum; Trickle down effect

Indexed keywords

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; RESOURCE USE; SUBSISTENCE;

ASIA; CENTRAL ASIA; EURASIA; KAZAKHSTAN; WEST ASIA;

EID: 67649946604     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1539-7216.50.3.327     Document Type: Article

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