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Always poor or never poor and nothing in between? : Duration of child poverty in Germany

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dc.creator Fertig, Michael
dc.creator Tamm, Marcus
dc.date 2007
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:00:46Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:00:46Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18607
dc.identifier ppn:525748717
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18607
dc.description This paper analyses the duration of child poverty in Germany. In our sample, we observe the entire income history from the individuals? birth to their coming of age at age 18.Therefore we are able to analyze dynamics in and out of poverty for the entire population of children, whether they become poor at least once or not. Using duration models,we allow poverty exit and re-entry to be correlated even after controlling for observable characteristics and also account for correlations with initial conditions. Our results indicate that household composition, most importantly single parenthood, and the labour market status as well as level of education of the household head are the main driving forces behind exit from and re-entry into poverty and thus determine the (long-term) experience of child poverty. However, unobserved heterogeneity seems to play an important role as well.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher
dc.relation RWI Discussion Papers 56
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject C41
dc.subject I32
dc.subject D31
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject Child poverty
dc.subject duration analysis
dc.subject unobserved heterogeneity
dc.subject Kinder
dc.subject Armut
dc.subject Statistische Bestandsanalyse
dc.subject Soziale Mobilität
dc.subject Deutschland
dc.title Always poor or never poor and nothing in between? : Duration of child poverty in Germany
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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