evidence on relative mobility and poverty dynamics. We then describe evidence on economic mobility obtained via synthetic … classes by households over time: poverty is not inevitably a chronic condition. However, less clear are the factors driving … northern India over seven decades. We describe patterns of poverty dynamics and economic mobility in the village, and we …

Relative child poverty has increased. Which children are most likely to be affected? What policies would most … effectively reduce child poverty? …

The persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate is one of the EU's 11 primary indicators of social inclusion but it has received … little attention compared to the current at-risk-of-poverty rate. Using the 2008 EU Statistics on Income and Living … Conditions (EU-SILC) database, we compare persistent income poverty rates across European nations and examine differences in …