Using Household Panel Data to Understand the Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty

Stephen Jenkins and Thomas Siedler

No 694, Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin from DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research

Abstract: This paper discusses how household panel surveys can be informative about the intergenerational transmission of poverty. We consider issues both of data and of the statistical methods that may be applied to those data. Although the data focus is on panel surveys from developed countries, we also briefly consider data availability in developing countries. We set out a list of survey data requirements for intergenerational analysis, and then discuss how the main household panel surveys in developed countries meet the criteria. In order to highlight the advantages and disadvantages of household panel surveys, the section also compares them with other types of longitudinal studies. Next, we review the estimation methods that have been used to examine the intergenerational transmission of poverty when using household panel surveys. Finally, we provide three examples of household panel surveys in developing countries (Indonesia, Malaysia and Mexico) that meet the data requirements for analysis of the intergenerational transmission of poverty.

Keywords: Demographic change; Consumption structure; Consumption of the elderly (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30 p.
Date: 2007
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