Life in Transition IV Visualizer

An interactive online tool to explore the latest wave of the EBRD Life in Transition Survey

How to use

To explore different sections of the survey, utilize the navigation panel located on the left-hand side of the screen. Each tab within this panel corresponds to a distinct survey section.

Once you select a tab, you can choose individual questions and adjust the visualization settings as needed. The information button next to each question provides the full text of the survey question.

Your choices will be reflected in the main panel, which displays the corresponding chart based on your selections.

Questions or bugs? Contact garciagp@ebrd.com

About

The Life in Transition Survey (LiTS) is a large-scale household survey conducted by the EBRD in collaboration with the World Bank.

The purpose of LiTS is to analyse how transition has affected the lives of people in the EBRD regions. Four waves have been conducted: 2006, 2010, 2016, and 2022/23. LiTS IV covers 37 economies.

Download microdata

The Life in Transition Surveys are representative surveys of around 1000-1500 households per country, with a harmonized questionnaire conducted face-to-face.

The surveys are representative by level of urbanity (urban/rural) and follow some of the same localities over time.

Technical report

LiTS IV examined inequality of opportunity, job quality, digitalisation, and attitudes towards the green transition.

Full report (PDF)

Meet the LiTS team

The researchers behind the Life in Transition Survey

Zsoka is a Lead Economist at the EBRD Office of the Chief Economist. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Cambridge.

Prior to joining the EBRD Zsoka worked as an economist at the International Monetary Fund in the European Department (on Belarus, Montenegro and a cross-country project on macroeconomic developments in the Western Balkans) and in the Research Department (on the World Economic Outlook). Her current research focuses on within-country income disparities, migration and inequality.

Victoria is an Principal Economist in the EBRD Office of the Chief Economist. She holds an MSc in Economics from University College London and a BSc in Economics from Lancaster University.

Victoria has experience implementing and managing EBRD's surveys including the Banking Environment and Performance Survey, Life in Transition Survey and other ad hoc surveys. Her current work utilises applied microeconomics techniques to contribute to the production of academic research and policy publications.

Pablo is an Associate Economist at the EBRD Office of the Chief Economist. He holds an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics and a BSc in Economics from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.

At the EBRD, Pablo works at the intersection of social data science and applied microeconomic research, leveraging large-scale household surveys and geospatial data to contribute to the in-house production of academic papers and policy publications. He also designs interactive visualization tools to maximize the impact of key research and policy products and plays a pivotal role in the implementation of OCE surveys.

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