For the theory of how welfare support can affect employment, known in Britain as the "poverty trap", see Welfare trap.
In economics, a cycle of poverty or poverty trap is when poverty seems to be inherited causing subsequent generations to not be able to escape it.[1] It is caused by self-reinforcing mechanisms that cause poverty, once it exists, to persist unless there is outside intervention.[2] It can persist across generations, and when applied to developing countries, is also known as a development trap.[3]
Families trapped in the cycle of poverty have few to no resources. There are many self-reinforcing disadvantages that make it virtually impossible for individuals to break the cycle.[4] This occurs when poor people do not have the resources necessary to escape poverty, such as financial capital, education, or connections. Impoverished individuals do not have access to economic and social resources as a result of their poverty. This lack may increase their poverty. This could mean that the poor remain poor throughout their lives.[3]
Controversial educational psychologist Ruby K. Payne, author of A Framework for Understanding Poverty, distinguishes between situational poverty, which can generally be traced to a specific incident within the lifetimes of the person or family members in poverty, and generational poverty, which is a cycle that passes from generation to generation, and goes on to argue that generational poverty has its own distinct culture and belief patterns.[5]
Measures of social mobility examine how frequently poor people become wealthier, and how often children are wealthier or achieve higher income than their parents.
^Blundell, Jonathan (2014). Cambridge IGCSE Sociology Coursebook. Cambridge University Press. p. 95. ISBN 978-1-107-64513-4.
^Costas Azariadis and John Stachurski, "Poverty Traps," Handbook of Economic Growth, 2005, 326.
^ abHutchinson Encyclopedia, Cycle of poverty
^Marger (2008). Examples of these disadvantages working in a circular process would be: economic decline, low personal income, no funds for school, which leads to lack of education. The lack of education results in unemployment and lastly low national productivity. Social Inequality: Patterns and Processes. McGraw Hill Publishing. 4th edition. ISBN 0-07-352815-3
^Payne, R. (2005). A framework for understanding poverty (4th edition). Highland, TX: aha! Process, Inc.
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