Linking population heterogeneity with poverty: The case of high-income welfare states, 1980-2005

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Abstract

Purpose: This paper aims to examine how population heterogeneity contributes to poverty in 17 high-income Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries during 1980-2005. Design/methodology/approach: The operational strategy involves linking poverty with heterogeneity directly as well as indirectly through welfare state policies as a latent variable in a structural equation framework. Findings: Findings support the widely held poverty-reducing roles of welfare state policies. Ethno-racial and religious diversities are found to positively contribute to welfare state policies and, through them, lower poverty, whereas immigration assumes opposite roles. Research limitations/implications: Data limitations on population and especially ethno-racial and religious heterogeneity caution against definitiveness. Originality/value: The findings are useful in understanding the heterogeneity connection of welfare state policies and poverty.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)47-68
Number of pages22
JournalInternational Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
Volume34
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • OECD
  • Population heterogeneity
  • Poverty
  • Structural equations
  • Welfare state

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • General Economics, Econometrics and Finance

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