ABSTRACT
This chapter demonstrates some of the consequences which follow as a result of differences in income and unemployment between Estonians and non-Estonians. These consequences can be summarized in the concepts of poverty and welfare. Among the poverty indicators one can mainly focus on the fact that Russian-speakers to a much higher degree than Estonians must do without foods and clothes. This is a direct consequence of differences in income between Estonians and non-Estonians, and these differences in income are a consequence of privatization. In the survey New Baltics Barometer people were asked whether they had had to do without food, heating/electricity and clothes they really needed. In New Baltics Barometer Russian-speakers were asked partly whether they consider the living conditions in Russia to be better than in Estonia, and partly whether they consider Estonia to provide better opportunities to improve living standards than Russia.
