“Anchored” Poverty and Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty in Navarra

Abstract

This paper presents an innovative twofold analysis in Spain: the study of anchored poverty on the one hand, and of chronification of poverty as well as its intergenerational Transmission, on the other. The source of the data used is groundbreaking in the region; it consists of administrative records from Navarre (fiscal data in the first case, and Basic Income registries in the other two). The analysis focuses mainly on the transmission of poverty through the study of minors who were recipients of the Basic Income in 2004. The study of anchored poverty reflects that from 2008 to 2014 the population under 16 years of age suffered the most serious impact of the economic crisis. Nationality has been revealed to be a key factor when it comes to poverty, with overwhelming differences between native and foreign minors. The results of the analysis of chronification and intergenerational Transmission of poverty show the great prevalence among the Roma and immigrant populations, as well as among single- parent families. In 2015, the number of people who remained in poverty stood at 54.4% and, despite a period of study of only eleven years, 40% of those who reached the age of emancipation during those years had created a poor household. Additionally, the people who created these households have less training and a higher prevalence of long-term unemployment.