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Youth Poverty, Employment, and Leaving the Parental Home in E urope
Author(s) -
Ayllón Sara
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
review of income and wealth
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.024
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1475-4991
pISSN - 0034-6586
DOI - 10.1111/roiw.12122
Subject(s) - poverty , economics , demographic economics , state (computer science) , order (exchange) , emancipation , development economics , political science , economic growth , politics , finance , algorithm , computer science , law
This paper studies the nature of youth poverty dynamics in E urope. First, it analyzes to what extent experiencing poverty in a given period is in itself positively related to the probability of living below the poverty line again in the future. That is, we assess the degree of poverty genuine state dependence among young people. Second, we study the interrelationships between poverty, employment, and residential emancipation. The results show that youth poverty genuine state dependence is positive and highly significant, but this scarring effect is short‐lived in Scandinavia compared to Southern or Continental E urope. Moreover, although we find a strong association between poverty and leaving home in N ordic countries, time spent in economic hardship does not last long. On the contrary, in S pain and I taly, young adults tend to leave their parental home much later in order to avoid falling into a poverty state that is more persistent.