Does Leaving Home Make You Poor? Evidence from 13 European Countries

Arnstein Aassve (), Maria A. Davia (), Maria Iacovou and Stefano Mazzuco ()
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Arnstein Aassve: Essex University
Maria A. Davia: Universidad de Castilla La Mancha
Stefano Mazzuco: University of Padua

European Journal of Population, 2007, vol. 23, issue 3, No 5, 315-338

Abstract: Abstract This article examines the extent to which the relationship between leaving home and entry into poverty among young people is causal: that is, how far poverty entry is the result of leaving home, rather than arising from heterogeneity or selection. Using propensity score matching, we estimate the effect of home-leaving on entry into poverty and deprivation, with data from the European Community Household Panel. We find that leaving home does have a causal effect on poverty entry, particularly in Scandinavian countries; cross-national differences are partly, but not fully, explained by differences in destinations on leaving home.

Keywords: Leaving home; Youth poverty; European Community Household Panel; Deprivation; Propensity score matching; Départ de la maison; Pauvreté des jeunes; Panel Européen des Ménages; Dénuement; Appariement par scores de propension (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1007/s10680-007-9135-5

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