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Who Are Poor and Do They Remain Poor?

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  • Geoffrey M. Ducanes

    (School of Economics, University of the Philippines Diliman)

  • Edita Abella Tan

    (School of Economics, University of the Philippines Diliman)

Abstract

This paper examines the link between poverty and income, on the one hand, and human capital and location, on the other. In the process, the paper proposes a shift in the household indicator of human capital from the usual education of the household head to the education of the most educated member. The paper finds poverty to be most severe and persistent for households with low human capital, and that the effect of human capital varies substantially across locations. Additionally, the paper finds that low human capital households tend to underinvest in the human capital of school-age members, thus likely perpetuating poverty.

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  • Geoffrey M. Ducanes & Edita Abella Tan, 2014. "Who Are Poor and Do They Remain Poor?," UP School of Economics Discussion Papers 201408, University of the Philippines School of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:phs:dpaper:201408
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    JEL classification:

    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes

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