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Why Are Child Poverty Rates Higher in Britain than in Germany?: A Longitudinal Perspective

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  • Stephen P. Jenkins
  • Christian Schluter

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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.

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Article provided by University of Wisconsin Press in its journal Journal of Human Resources.

Volume (Year): 38 (2003)
Issue (Month): 2 ()
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Handle: RePEc:uwp:jhriss:v:38:y:2003:i:2:p441-465

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  1. Miles Corak & Michael Fertig & Marcus Tamm, 2005. "A Portrait of Child Poverty in Germany," Innocenti Working Papers inwopa05/29, UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre.
  2. Layte, R. & Fouarge, Didier, 2004. "The dynamics of income poverty," Open Access publications from Maastricht University urn:nbn:nl:ui:27-21639, Maastricht University.
  3. Eirini Andriopoulou & Panagiotis Tsakloglou, . "The determinants of poverty transitions in Europe and the role of duration dependence," DEOS Working Papers 1120, Athens University of Economics and Business.
  4. Carlos Gradín & Olga Cantó, 2009. "Why are child poverty rates so persistently high in Spain?," Working Papers 123, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality.
  5. Callens, Marc & Croux, Christophe, 2009. "Poverty dynamics in Europe. A multilevel discrete-time recurrent hazard analysis," Open Access publications from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven urn:hdl:123456789/163920, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
  6. Coral del Río & Carlos Gradín & Olga Cantó, 2006. "What helps households with children in leaving poverty? Evidence from Spain," Working Papers 24, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality.
  7. Bönke, Timm & Schröder, Carsten, 2009. "The German spatial poverty divide: poorly endowed or bad luck?," Discussion Papers 2009/6, Free University Berlin, School of Business & Economics.
  8. Fouarge, Didier & Layte, Richard, 2005. "Welfare regimes and poverty dynamics: The duration and recurrence of poverty spells in Europe," Open Access publications from Maastricht University urn:nbn:nl:ui:27-17252, Maastricht University.
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  10. Frick, Joachim R. & Jenkings, Stephen P. & Lillard, Dean R. & Lipps, Oliver & Wooden, Mark, 2007. "The Cross-National Equivalent File (CNEF) and Its Member Country Household Panel Studies," EconStor Open Access Articles, ZBW - German National Library of Economics.

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