Female-headed single-parent households and poverty in Costa Rica

Average real family incomes rose in Costa Rica in the late 1990s and at the start of the new decade, but poverty rates did not fall. Here it is argued that economic growth in the country did not translate into reduced poverty during this period because of changes that took place in household structu...

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Veröffentlicht in:	CEPAL Review 2008-04, Vol.2008 (7), p.117-128
Hauptverfasser:	Gindling, T.H, Oviedo, Luis
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Costa Rica Economic and Social Development Economic growth Female labour Household income Labour market One-parent families Poverty Standard of living Unmarried mothers Women workers
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