Showing 1 - 10 of 1,771
Research on neighbourhood effects indicates that neighbourhood poverty is related to educational outcomes of youth, however, much less attention is spend on studying neighbourhood and school effects simultaneously. Because the demographic composition of both contexts likely overlaps to some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022696
The objective of this paper is to estimate the length of poverty spells and its determinants. We analyze if short-term changes in the labor market affect the probability of staying in poverty. On the assumption that poverty transitions occur more frequently when we use a monthly data rather than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330403
using unique data for 1990, 1996 and 2002. We find that the number of neighbourhoods with high child poverty rates is much … larger in 2002 than in 1990, but also that most poor children in the three regions live outside poor neighbourhoods. A … disproportionally large fraction of children with backgrounds from low- and middle-income countries live in poor neighbourhoods …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274072
This paper examines two issues associated with the impact of migration on household income and poverty. First, existing studies have typically overlooked a feature of migration that should be taken into account in estimating its impact, namely the fact that migration changes the size of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003310960
using unique data for 1990, 1996 and 2002. We find that the number of neighbourhoods with high child poverty rates is much … larger in 2002 than in 1990, but also that most poor children in the three regions live outside poor neighbourhoods. A … disproportionally large fraction of children with backgrounds from low- and middle-income countries live in poor neighbourhoods …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003958740
Relying on the present literature, official statistics, and household survey data in the People's Republic of China, this paper summarizes research findings on the relationship between urbanization, urban-rural inequality, and poverty, and provides further empirical evidence on the role of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011522047
This paper studies the determinants of poverty in the U.S. at the census tract level using a geographically consistent panel data set for 1970-2010. The results are framed within the debate about the optimal design of local development strategies. The main conclusion drawn from our empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012896612
Internal conflicts entail large asset losses for certain segments in the civilian population. Asset losses may compromise the future welfare of households, thus leaving a legacy of structural poverty that is difficult to overcome. The purpose of this article is to analyze how asset losses occur...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012708452
This study uses vulnerability assessment data collected by the UNHCR, WFP, and UNICEF from Syrian refugees in Lebanon, a country that hosts an estimated 1.5 million refugees from neighboring Syria and the highest per capita proportion of refugees in the world. The data are used to construct a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013236312
using unique data for 1990, 1996 and 2002. We find that the number of neighbourhoods with high child poverty rates is much … larger in 2002 than in 1990, but also that most poor children in the three regions live outside poor neighbourhoods. A … disproportionally large fraction of children with backgrounds from low- and middle-income countries live in poor neighbourhoods …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013144399