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Do poor children become poor adults? Lessons from a cross country comparison of generational earnings mobility
Corak, Miles - 2006
A cross country comparison of generational earnings mobility is offered, and the reasons for the degree to which the long run labour market success of children is related to that of their parents is examined. The rich countries differ significantly in the extent to which parental economic status...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332989
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Structural poverty dynamics in urban South Africa : a mixed-methods investigation
Schotte, Simone - 2019
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
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"Inequality is the root of social evil," or maybe not? : two stories about inequality and public policy
Corak, Miles - 2017
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
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The long-run impact of childhood poverty and the mediating role of education
Bellani, Luna; Bia, Michela - 2017
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
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The Long-Run Impact of Childhood Poverty and the Mediating Role of Education
Bellani, Luna; Bia, Michela - 2017
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/10011653405
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'Inequality Is the Root of Social Evil,' or Maybe Not? Two Stories about Inequality and Public Policy
Corak, Miles - 2017
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/10011744717
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Structural poverty dynamics in urban South Africa: A mixed-methods investigation
Schotte, Simone - 2019
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/10012146583
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The Long-Run Impact of Childhood Poverty and the Mediating Role of Education
Bellani, Luna - 2017
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
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Equality of Opportunity, Heterogeneity and Poverty
Nilsson, William - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2005
explanation of intergenerational income correlation in Sweden. <p> Paper [II] focuses on the persistence of poverty in Sweden. The … purpose is to distinguish between two different reasons why poverty could persist on an individual level. By using a sample of … from true state dependence, where the experience of poverty leads to a higher risk of future poverty. The results, based on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005424018
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Education policy and intergenerational income mobility: evidence from the Finnish comprehensive school reform
Pekkarinen, Tuomas; Uusitalo, Roope; Pekkala, Sari - 2006
Many authors have recently suggested that the heterogeneity in the quality of early education may be one of the key mechanisms underlying the intergenerational persistence of earnings. This paper estimates the effect of a major educational reform on the intergenerational income mobility in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267969