Enduring Poverty and the Conditions of Childhood: Lifecourse and Intergenerational Poverty Transmissions

In this paper, we explore the conditions of childhood that can lead to poverty throughout the lifecourse and affect transfers of poverty to the next generation. The largely inconclusive evidence base surrounding lifecourse and intergenerational poverty transmission is reviewed before a discussion of...

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Published in:World development 2003-03, Vol.31 (3), p.535-554
Main Authors: Harper, Caroline, Marcus, Rachel, Moore, Karen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child Poverty
Child protection
Child welfare
child work
Childhood
Childhood Factors
Children & youth
Development policy
Development studies
Education
Intergenerational Mobility
Intergenerational relations
intergenerationally transmitted poverty
Life Cycle
lifecourse poverty
Malnutrition
nutrition
policy
Poverty
Poverty alleviation
Social conditions & trends
Social research
Studies
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Summary:In this paper, we explore the conditions of childhood that can lead to poverty throughout the lifecourse and affect transfers of poverty to the next generation. The largely inconclusive evidence base surrounding lifecourse and intergenerational poverty transmission is reviewed before a discussion of the key social processes and contexts that impact on childhood, lifecourse and intergenerational poverty. Prioritized issues––nutrition, childcare and guidance, education, child work, and aspirations and attitudes––are explored within the context of UNICEF’s basic framework of survival, protection, development and participation. The paper concludes with an analysis of elements of the wider environment, critical to enabling action in childhood to break poverty cycles.
ISSN:0305-750X
1873-5991
DOI:10.1016/S0305-750X(03)00010-X