Explaining the Factors Shaping the Likelihood of Poverty Among Working Families by Using a Concurrent Mixed Method Design

Asaf Levanon (), Einat Lavee and Roni Strier
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Asaf Levanon: University of Haifa
Einat Lavee: University of Haifa
Roni Strier: University of Haifa

Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2021, vol. 157, issue 3, No 12, 1089-1109

Abstract: Abstract Working poverty is becoming an increasingly common phenomenon. Prior quantitative research has painted a representative but narrow picture of the contours of in-work poverty, while ethnographic case studies have provided a nuanced account of the mechanisms shaping the experiences of workers in specific low-wage labor markets. However, none of these studies provides an account that, at the same time, covers the main theories explaining working poverty, is based on a representative population sample, and is attuned to the proximate interactional dynamics shaping poverty risks. The current study employs a concurrent mixed-methods design combining information from repeated cross-sectional nationally representative surveys with in-depth interviews, and argues that this design is ideal for explaining the factors shaping the likelihood of in-work poverty.

Keywords: Poverty; Working poor; In-work poverty; Concurrent mixed methods; Israel (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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