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Does Leaving Home Make You Poor? Evidence from 13 European Countries

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Arnestein Aassve (Institute of Quantitative Methods, Bocconi University)
Maria A. Davia () (Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha)
Maria Iacovou () (Institute for Social and Economic Research)
Stefano Mazzuco (University of Padua)

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This paper examines the extent to which the relationship between leaving home and entry into poverty among young people is causal: that is, how far poverty entry is the result of leaving home, rather than arising from heterogeneity or selection. Using propensity score matching, we estimate the effect of home-leaving on entry into poverty and deprivation, with data from the European Community Household Panel. We find that leaving home does have a causal effect on poverty entry, particularly in Scandinavian countries; cross-national differences are partly, but not fully, explained by differences in destinations on leaving home.

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Keywords: poverty dynamics young people youth transitions

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