Research Catalog

Title

The Persistence of poverty across generations : a view from two British cohorts / Jo Blanden and Steve Gibbons.

Author

Blanden, Jo

Publication

Polity Press, 2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Gibbons, Steve
• Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Description

x, 352 p. : ill.; 21 cm.

Summary

Explores the strength of the link between childhood poverty and poverty later in life, and asks whether this link has grown stronger or weaker. Using information on the incomes of two British cohorts, this report is of interest to policy makers and academics concerned with understanding the factors that shape the life-chances of poor children.

Subject

• Poverty > Great Britain > Case studies
• Poor children > Great Britain > Case studies
• Poor > Great Britain > Case studies

Genre/Form

Case studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 36-37).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Measuring poverty -- 3. The persistence of poverty from childhood to adulthood -- 4. The persistence of poverty from teens to middle age -- 5. Poverty and disadvantage in childhood and adulthood -- 6. Explaining the persistence of poverty and its change over time -- 7. Explaining the persistence of poverty through to middle age -- 8. Summary -- App. Data quality and robustness checks.

ISBN

1861348525

OCLC

• 70071088
• SCSB-11598117

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library