Unemployment of parents — one of the poverty causes in families with children
Research Article
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Irina I. Korchagina
Institute of Socio-Economic Studies of Population of the FCTAS RAS; HSE University, Moscow, Russia
ikorchagina@hse.ru
ORCID ID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6947-4541
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- Lidia M. Prokofieva Institute of Socio-Economic Studies of Population of the FCTAS RAS; HSE University, Moscow, Russia lprokofieva@hse.ru ORCID ID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5704-7617
Elibrary Author_id 110971ResearchID J-8182-2015How to CiteKorchagina I.I., Prokofieva L.M. Unemployment of parents — one of the poverty causes in families with children. Population. 2023. Vol. 26. No. 2. P. 40-51. DOI: https://doi.org/10.19181/population.2023.26.2.4Abstract
Families with children in Russia are at high risk of poverty. The economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic and the sanctions imposed in spring 2022 make social policy a priority. It is necessary to pay a stronger attention to groups of population at higher risk of poverty. In recent years the support for families with children has been strengthened and the circle of potential recipients of assistance expanded (raising the age of children, lifting restrictions on the type of family). Additional support measures provided to families with children to reduce the negative effects of the crisis helped to alleviate the severity of poverty but did not change the position of families with children on the welfare scale, they are still the largest group of the poor (according to Rosstat they make 80% of all poor households). It seems important to identify the main factors of poverty of families with children, which include, not least, the limited employment of parents. The main purpose of the study is to show, using the data of the statistical survey (HBS-2019), the scale of unemployment and its impact on families with children as well as gender characteristics of the phenomenon of unemployment. Financial assistance to families with children should be combined with work to activate the actions of families for self-sufficiency.Keywords:families with children, standard of living and poverty of families with children, scale and factors of unemployment of adult family membersAuthor Biographies
Irina I. Korchagina, Institute of Socio-Economic Studies of Population of the FCTAS RAS; HSE University, Moscow, RussiaCandidate of Economics, Leading Researcher, Institute of Socio-Economic Studies of Population of the FCTAS RAS; Analyst, HSE UniversityLidia M. Prokofieva, Institute of Socio-Economic Studies of Population of the FCTAS RAS; HSE University, Moscow, RussiaCandidate of Economics, Leading Researcher, Institute of Socio-Economic Studies of Population of the FCTAS RAS; Analyst, HSE UniversityReferences
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Accepted: 14.06.2023
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APAKorchagina, I. I., & Prokofieva, L. M. (2023). Unemployment of parents — one of the poverty causes in families with children. Population, 26(2), 40-51. https://doi.org/10.19181/population.2023.26.2.4SectionEMPLOYMENT, QUALITY AND CONDITIONS OF LIFE - Lidia M. Prokofieva Institute of Socio-Economic Studies of Population of the FCTAS RAS; HSE University, Moscow, Russia lprokofieva@hse.ru ORCID ID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5704-7617
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