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Poor children have poor outcomes — but income is only half the story

13 May 2019

This article was written by professor Andrew E. Clark (LSE), and professor Conchita D'Ambrosi and Marta Barazzetta, from the University of Luxembourg. A version of this article was first published on the LSE blog. For more like this, see our work and inequality newsfeed.

The 2008-2009 Great Recession and 2011-2013 EU sovereign-debt crisis put many families at risk of poverty and social exclusion. One particular feature of this double-dip downturn is that it has affected not only the poorest but rather a broad swathe of the population.

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