The Persistence of Poverty Across Generations: A View from Two British Cohorts - Couverture souple

Blanden, Jo; Gibbons, Steve

 
9781861348524: The Persistence of Poverty Across Generations: A View from Two British Cohorts
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1861348525 ISBN 13 : 9781861348524
Editeur : Policy Press, 2006

Synopsis

The recent focus on reducing the extent of child poverty in the UK stems mainly from worries about the future consequences of poverty on children's later achievement. With this background in mind, it is clearly crucial to improve our understanding of the costs of growing up poor. This report explores the strength of the link between childhood poverty and poverty later in life, and asks whether this link has grown stronger or weaker in recent decades. This report uses information on the incomes of two British cohorts to address the following questions: how large is the transmission of poverty between a teenager's parents' circumstances and their own circumstances when they are in their early 30s? By how much has the strength of this transmission of poverty changed between the two cohorts that were teenagers in the 1970s and the 1980s and how far do the effects of early disadvantage continue to be felt as individuals reach middle age? This report will be of interest to policy makers and academics who are concerned with understanding the factors that shape the life-chances of poor children.

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À propos de l?auteur

Jo Blanden is a lecturer in economics at the University of Surrey. She was formerly a research officer at the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics while carrying out this research and remains a research associate at the Centre.

Steve Gibbons is a lecturer in the Department of Economic Geography at the London School of Economics. He is a research associate at the Centre for Economic Performance.

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Éditeur
Policy Press
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1861348525
ISBN 13 
9781861348524
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
64
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