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This paper examines the extent and determinants of structural poverty dynamics in South Africa, focusing on the socio … complex processes, livelihood strategies, and asset dynamics that condition movements int o and out of structural poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012137900
Income inequality is on the rise, and everyone, from President Obama and Pope Francis to Prince Charles and Standard & Poor's, is talking about it. But these conversations about what are arguably the most significant changes in the distribution of incomes and earnings since the 1940s are leading...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011732002
This paper examines the role of education as causal channel through which growing up poor affects the economic outcomes in adulthood in the European Union. We apply a potential outcomes approach to quantify those impacts and we provide a sensitivity analysis on possible unobserved confounders,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011636682
This paper examines the role of education as causal channel through which growing up poor affects the economic outcomes in adulthood in the European Union. We apply a potential outcomes approach to quantify those impacts and we provide a sensitivity analysis on possible unobserved confounders,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012959042
determinants of intergenerational income mobility and the relative risk of poverty differ with respect to the existing welfare … the relative risk of poverty. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010188878
This paper aims to study the mechanisms of the intergenerational transfer of poverty: it considers household poverty as … a risk factor for youth poverty. The study is based on a unique, nationally representative School-to-Work Transition … living out of more than $3 a day. -- transition from plan to market ; poverty and inequality ; intergenerational transfer of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009536518
This paper aims to study the mechanisms of the intergenerational transfer of poverty: it considers household poverty as … a risk factor for youth poverty. The study is based on a unique, nationally representative School-to-Work Transition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013091134
, changes in the incidence and severity of money-metric poverty in South Africa since 1993 have been a source of debate …. Household surveys suggest that poverty appears to have persisted during the 1990s, with perhaps some improvement since 2000 … story of poverty and inequality in South Africa. Data from the KwaZulu-Natal Income Dynamics Study (KIDS) collected between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012759037
In-work poverty (IWP) is gaining interest in the public agenda. This article is a first contribution to the analysis of … analyzes the trigger events that produce entries and exits from IWP, short-term poverty trajectories and the determinants … associated to transient and persistent poverty. Drawing on a decomposition analysis of mutually exclusive events, the article …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014366204
Child poverty increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020 alone, the number of children suffering from … poverty in the EU increased by 19 percent, or close to 1 million. Left unaddressed, this would not only affect individuals … poverty and mitigate the long-term impact of poverty. Reducing the number of children affected by poverty can be achieved by …
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