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Multidimensional poverty dynamics in Spain and other European countries
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1The incidence of multidimensional poverty in Spain amounts to some 15% and barely changed over the period of observation 2016-2020.
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2Poor people suffer from various combinations of deprivation at the same time, and only 2-10% of the population is both deprived in a particular indicator and poor. This means that there is no single form of deprivation shared by all poor people.
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3People who are multidimensionally poor are often about 10 percentage points more likely to enter an additional form of deprivation and up to 20 percentage points less likely to leave an existing form of deprivation than comparable non-poor people in similar situations. This result suggests that deprivation tends to couple over time.
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4Similar evidence on the coupling of deprivation is also observed in most other European countries, although there is variation across countries.
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5To overcome the coupling of deprivation, well-coordinated policy programmes may play a critical role.
