Jenkins, SP and Schluter, C (2003) Why are child poverty rates higher in Britain than in Germany? a longitudinal perspective -journal article-. Journal of Human Resources, 38 (2). pp. 441-465. DOI https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.xxxviii.2.441
Jenkins, SP and Schluter, C (2003) Why are child poverty rates higher in Britain than in Germany? a longitudinal perspective -journal article-. Journal of Human Resources, 38 (2). pp. 441-465. DOI https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.xxxviii.2.441
Jenkins, SP and Schluter, C (2003) Why are child poverty rates higher in Britain than in Germany? a longitudinal perspective -journal article-. Journal of Human Resources, 38 (2). pp. 441-465. DOI https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.xxxviii.2.441
Abstract
We analyze why child poverty rates were much higher in Britain than in Western Germany during the 1990s, using a framework focusing on poverty transition rates. Child poverty exit rates were significantly lower, and poverty entry rates significantly higher, in Britain. We decompose these cross-national differences into differences in the prevalence of ?trigger events? (changes in household composition, household labor market attachment, and labor earnings), and differences in the chances of making a poverty transition conditional on experiencing a trigger event. The latter are the most important in accounting for the cross-national differences in poverty exit and entry rates.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute for Social and Economic Research |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 22 Jan 2014 10:38 |
Last Modified: | 06 Dec 2024 01:07 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/7910 |
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