poverty dynamics. In this paper, the results of longitudinal data analyses on income and poverty in three European welfare … states are reported. Using panel data for Germany, the Netherlands and the UK a variety of longitudinal inequality and … states, income mobility and persistency of poverty are co-occurring. Our analysis of poverty profiles shows that especially …

persistence of transitory shocks and their implications for the persistence of poverty and income inequality. The results suggest … that 52 to 69 percent of income inequality in West Germany were due to permanent differences between individuals and that … poor individuals stayed in poverty for two years on average. In East Germany, the contribution of the permanent component …

examines how relative economic deprivation influences the support for radical parties. Chapter 3 examines how trade openness … influences income inequality. Chapter 4 uses a case study to discuss how infrastructure policies can affect regional economic … Florian Dorn: (I) Globalization, government ideology, and top income shares: Evidence from OECD countries; (II) Political …

Based on a multiple spells approach, this paper studies the extent and the composition of chronic poverty in Germany …. The results indicate that about one third of cross-sectional poverty in a given year is chronic. The characteristics that … are most closely associated with long-term poverty are economic inactivity and pensioner status, while the number of …

Based on a multiple spells approach, this paper studies the extent and the composition of chronic poverty in Germany …. The results indicate that about one third of cross-sectional poverty in a given year is chronic. The characteristics that … are most closely associated with long-term poverty are economic inactivity and pensioner status, while the number of …

persistence of transitory shocks and their implications for the persistence of poverty and income inequality. The results suggest … that 52 to 69 percent of income inequality in West Germany were due to permanent differences between individuals and that … poor individuals stayed in poverty for two years on average. In East Germany, the contribution of the permanent component …

persistence of transitory shocks and their implications for the persistence of poverty and income inequality. The results suggest … that 52 to 69 percent of income inequality in West Germany were due to permanent differences between individuals and that … poor individuals stayed in poverty for two years on average. In East Germany, the contribution of the permanent component …

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 …

. Pure state dependence, arising from income shocks persistency, is of second order. In El Salvador, frequent transitory … shocks are a more important source of income variation than in developed countries. …