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http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18086| Title: | Who are the chronic poor? : Evidence on the extent and the composition of chronic poverty in Germany |
| Keywords: | D31 C23 I32 ddc:330 chronic poverty poverty persistence multiple spells unobserved heterogeneity Armut Hysteresis Mikroökonometrie Schätzung Deutschland |
| Issue Date: | 16-Oct-2013 |
| Publisher: | Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) Berlin |
| Description: | 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 children and the gender of the household head do not seem to have a systematic effect. This is in contrast to cross-sectional results where the biggest poverty risk is usually unemployment and a large number of children, while pensioners do not face particularly high poverty risks. Estimates from a multiple spells hazard model further suggest that 6% of the population have unobserved characteristics that lead to low poverty exit and high re-entry rates, making these individuals likely candidates for chronic poverty. A comparison with results for Great Britain and the United States suggests that poverty is less persistent in Germany. |
| URI: | http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18086 |
| Other Identifiers: | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18086 ppn:371862485 |
| Appears in Collections: | EconStor |
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