"I Wish I Had 100 Dollars a Month …" - The Intergenerational Transfer of Poverty in Mongolia

Francesco Pastore

No 6487, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper aims to study the mechanisms of the intergenerational transfer of poverty: it considers household poverty as a risk factor for youth poverty. The study is based on a unique, nationally representative School-to-Work Transition survey carried out in 2006 in Mongolia, one of the 50 poorest countries of the world. A young person born in a household living out of $1 a day has a ceteris paribus probability about 4 times greater of dropping out of school, 2.5 times greater of being educationally marginalized and 20 times greater of being a working poor than a contemporary born in a family living out of more than $3 a day.

Keywords: intergenerational transfer of poverty; poverty and inequality; transition from plan to market; Mongolia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D63 H24 I32 J62 P36 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 43 pages
Date: 2012-04
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Forthcoming - substantially revised version published as 'I wish I had 100 dollars a month…: The Determinants of Poverty in Mongolia' in: European Journal of Development Research, 2016, 28 (5), 934-956

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