conditional, to the duration of spell, exit probabilities and re-entry rates to poverty. In the second part observed … out of poverty, taking into account unobserved heterogeneity across individuals and duration dependence. Multivariate …-States examined, the probability of exiting (re-entering) poverty is inversely related to the duration of the poverty (non-poverty …

The paper analyzes the effects of individual and household characteristics on current poverty status, while controlling … for initial conditions, past poverty status and unobserved heterogeneity in 14 European Countries for the period 1994 …-2000, using the European Community Household Panel. The distinction between true state dependence and individual heterogeneity has …

Using longitudinal household data and an econometric model of conditional poverty transitions, this paper contributes … to the growing literature on poverty dynamics in Australian households. The results reveal that a range of household head … poor and slipping into poverty. These findings have important implications for Australian policymakers: tertiary education …

Exposure to childhood poverty increases the likelihood of adult poverty. However, past research offers conflicting … accounts of cross-national variation in the strength of the intergenerational persistence of poverty and the mechanisms through … which it is channeled. This study investigates differences in intergenerational poverty in the United States (U …

In work-poverty has become a pressing social issue in Europe. The self-employed remain relatively uncharted terrain in … this paper provides a systematic mapping exercise of poverty and living standards among the self-employed in the European … Union. We find that the self-employed in Europe generally face significantly higher income poverty risks than contracted …

global estimates of extreme poverty to changing this assumption. The analysis rests on nationally representative household … by household size but by the square-root of household size. While the regional profile of extreme poverty is robust to …Estimates of the number of people living in extreme poverty, as reported by the World Bank, figure prominently in …

poverty. Results from estimating probability models indicate that social assistance receipt is strongly linked to joblessness … among household members, the household's expenditure burden, as well as the lack of financial assets. Further, a long … education of the household head and membership in the Communist Party reduces the probability of receiving social assistance …

poverty and income inequality have invited increasing volumes of research focusing on the nexus between equity and efficient … into a middle income country (ADB, 2014). This has stimulated the need to understand causes of inequality and poverty for … poverty because they will substantially undermine the economic growth if left unchecked (ADB, 2014). The objective of this …

constitutions reduce poverty? Second, does the strength of constitutional language of the economic and social rights matter … important results. First, we do not find an association between constitutional rights generally framed and poverty. Second, we … do not find an association between economic and social rights framed as directive principles and poverty. Third, we do …