The dynamics of child poverty in Sweden |
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Authors: | Matthew J. Lindquist Gabriella Sj?gren Lindquist |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Economics, Stockholm University, 106 91, Stockholm, Sweden 2. Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University, 106 91, Stockholm, Sweden
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Abstract: | This paper studies the dynamics of child poverty in Sweden. We find that one out of every five children is disposable income poor at least once during childhood, while only 2% are chronically poor. Children in Sweden are protected economically from many serious events such as parental sickness and death. Family dissolution and parental unemployment do push some children into poverty. However, these poverty spells are mostly temporary. Single mothers, for example, are overrepresented among the poor but not among the chronically poor. Children with immigrant parents are strongly overrepresented among the chronically poor. |
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