Good empirical analysis of the intergenerational transmission (IGT) of poverty is challenging. This note clarifies this … examination of existing data, keeping in mind considerations in this note, much can be learned about the IGT of poverty. But it is …

impact of conflict on the intergenerational transmission (IGT) of chronic poverty. It addresses the following issues: the … mechanisms by which conflict causes poverty; the duration of the resulting poverty; the likelihood that poverty will be … transmitted intergenerationally; the types of conflicts that generate poverty; and the households and individuals most affected by …

This paper discusses how household panel surveys can be informative about the intergenerational transmission of poverty … have been used to examine the intergenerational transmission of poverty when using household panel surveys. Finally, we … requirements for analysis of the intergenerational transmission of poverty …

This paper reviews research about the intergenerational transmission of poverty in industrialized countries. In order … to make our survey manageable, we restrict attention to studies that consider the relationship between parental poverty …-life chances, and that this impact is not wholly explained by other factors that are themselves correlated with childhood poverty …

transferred from one generation to another. As such, policy initiatives concerning the intergenerational transmission of poverty … (IGT poverty) would do well to attend to how inheritance systems are governed, and particularly which considerations affect … policy that address issues of inheritance and IGT poverty. It is organised into three main sections: the first outlines what …

intergenerational transmission of poverty, provides empirical evidence on key aspects of intergenerational transfers, and discusses the … accumulation and transfer of wealth to the next generation, bearing in mind the goals of reducing both poverty and inequality in …

Initial work done by the Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC) suggests that the tightest possible definition of … chronic poverty would be intergenerationally transmitted (IGT) poverty. However, while this concept has been widely used in a … been applied to the 'developing' world in a holistic manner. In this paper, a framework for understanding IGT poverty in …

Youth poverty is a serious global problem, not least because of the large numbers of youth and children living in … absolute poverty in developing countries. In many contexts, youth are relatively likely to experience poverty because of age … case that youth are disproportionately poor. The relative extent of youth poverty in a given context depends on the …

intergenerational transmission of poverty in rural Uganda. I focus on the factors that contribute to chronic poverty in rural Uganda … by AIDS and on older people of the intergenerational transmission of poverty, and the gender aspects in the transmission … of intergenerational poverty in the context of the AIDS epidemic. Data from 15 case study households, drawn from the …

We estimate intergenerational poverty persistence in Indonesia using a panel dataset. This is the first such study done … issues that plague earnings data in developing countries, we use chronic poverty status as a long-term parental welfare … measure. We find substantial intergenerational mobility away from poverty among children from poor households. However, we …