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Direct linkJenkins, Stephen P.; Schluter, Christian – Journal of Human Resources, 2003
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…
Descriptors: Poverty, Labor Market, Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies
