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Title

Poverty Dynamics in Four OECD Countries [electronic resource] / Pablo Antolín, Thai-Thanh Dang and Howard Oxley

Author

Antolín, Pablo.

Publication

Paris : OECD Publishing, 1999.

Details

Additional Authors

• Dang, Thai-Thanh.
• Oxley, Howard.

Description

80 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.

Summary

This study examines the dynamics of poverty for four OECD countries (Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States). It provides information on patterns of poverty, which groups stay in poverty the longest, and household/individual characteristics and life-course events which appear to be most closely associated with transitions into and out of poverty and the length of time individuals stay in poverty. The analysis finds that the number of people touched by poverty over a six year period is significantly larger that the poverty rate might suggest, but the share of those staying poor for a long time is much smaller. The data suggest that longer-term poor are concentrated among women, lone parents and older single individuals. The study finds that employment status is the main factor affecting transitions into and out of poverty and the duration of poverty ...

Series Statement

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.212

Uniform Title

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, no.212.

Subject

Economics

LCCN

10.1787/578476770227

OCLC

oecd-lib

Author

Antolín, Pablo.

Title

Poverty Dynamics in Four OECD Countries [electronic resource] / Pablo Antolín, Thai-Thanh Dang and Howard Oxley

Imprint

Paris : OECD Publishing, 1999.

Series

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.212

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.212.

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Indexed Term

Economics

Added Author

Dang, Thai-Thanh.

Oxley, Howard.

Other Standard Identifier

10.1787/578476770227 doi