Measuring the effect of spell recurrence on poverty dynamics

Autor: Arranz Muñoz, José María, Cantó, Olga
Přispěvatelé: Universidad de Alcalá. Departamento de Estadística, Estructura Económica y Organización Económica Internacional
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
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Popis: The analysis of poverty dynamics yields important insights about the expected effectiveness of alternative social policies on poverty reduction. This paper analyses the effect of spell recurrence on poverty dynamics taking into account multiple poverty and non-poverty spells. Using longitudinal data for Spain we obtain that the poverty exit and re-entry rates vary not only with personal or household characteristics but also with spell accumulation and with the duration of past spells. Results indicate that the effect of duration dependence is significant and turns out to be different by spell order. Our findings support progress towards incorporating full individual poverty trajectories more explicitly in estimating the likelihood of future poverty.
Databáze: OpenAIRE