The Long-Run Effect of Childhood Poverty and The Mediating Role of Education
研究了教育在童年贫困影响成年经济结果中的因果中介作用，发现童年贫困显著降低成年收入并增加贫困概率，教育在其中起重要作用，对地中海和中东欧国家尤其相关。
Summary The paper examines the role of education as a causal channel through which growing up poor affects the economic outcomes in adulthood in the European Union. We apply a potential outcomes approach to quantify those effects and we provide a sensitivity analysis on possible unobserved confounders, such as child ability. Our estimates indicate that being poor in childhood significantly decreases the level of income in adulthood and increases the average probability of being poor. Moreover, our results reveal a significant role of education in this intergenerational transmission. These results are particularly relevant for Mediterranean and central and eastern European countries.