Concept information
Preferred term
poverty trap
Definition
- POVERTY TRAP IS a term used to describe several similar phenomena. As an unemployment trap, it refers to a situation in which an increase in income from working leads to an overall decrease in income because of a loss of benefits or other payments. [Source: Encyclopedia of World Poverty; Poverty Trap]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/poverty_trap
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