Poverty Dynamics in Four OECD Countries

This study examines the dynamics of poverty for four OECD countries (Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States). It provides information on patterns of poverty, which groups stay in poverty the longest, and household/individual characteristics and life-course events which appear to b...

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Main Author: Antolín, Pablo
Other Authors: Dang, Thai-Thanh, Oxley, Howard
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 1999
Series:OECD Economics Department Working Papers
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Collection: OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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