Why Are Child Poverty Rates Higher in Britain than in Germany?

DOI

• S.P. Jenkins and C. Schluter (2003). “Why Are Child Poverty Rates Higher in Britain than in Germany?” Journal of Human Resources, 38, 1.

Abstract: “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{SchluterJHR03,
  title = {Why Are Child Poverty Rates Higher in Britain than in Germany?},
  author={Jenkins, S.P. and Schluter, Christian},
  journal = {Review of Economic Studies},
  year    = 2003,
  volume  = 38,
  number  = 1
}