| Title |
Poverty dynamics in Lithuania: persistence, transitions, triggers / |
| Translation of Title |
Skurdo dinamika Lietuvoje: ilgalaikiškumas, perėjimai, postūmiai. |
| Authors |
Navickė, Jekaterina |
| DOI |
10.15388/LJS.2015.13876 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Lithuanian journal of statistics = Lietuvos statistikos darbai.. Vilnius : Lietuvos statistikos departamentas. 2015, t. 54, Nr. 1, p. 6-17.. ISSN 1392-642X. eISSN 2029-7262 |
| Keywords [eng] |
poverty ; dynamics ; persistence ; transitions ; triggers |
| Abstract [eng] |
While Lithuania is among the countries with the highest at-risk-of-poverty rates in the European Union, poverty research has so far been dominated by cross-sectional poverty analysis. This paper is aimed at contributing to better understanding of poverty as a dynamic process in Lithuania by examining poverty risk persistence, transitions and triggers. The analysis is based on the longitudinal component of the Survey on Income and Living Conditions. The longitudinal at-risk-of-poverty rate within the four-year panels is estimated to be at around a third of the Lithuanian population within a period of 2005–2012. Poverty risk in Lithuania proved to be both widely spread and persistent. The major role of income events for poverty risk entries and exits highlights the importance of activation into work, especially as concerns secondary household earners and better income protection in Lithuania. While no robust evidence of poverty penalty was found for poverty exits, the incidence of poverty re-entries within the initial three-year period after poverty exit substantially exceeds poverty entry rates in the general population. |
| Published |
Vilnius : Lietuvos statistikos departamentas |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2015 |
| CC license |
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