Economic crisis, poverty and childhood. What are the expected short- and long-term effects for the "children of the crisis"? SESPAS report 2014;Crisis económica, pobreza e infancia. ¿Qué podemos esperar en el corto y largo plazo para los "niños y niñas de la crisis"? Informe SESPAS 2014

Gaceta Sanitaria

Volumn 28, Issue S1, 2014, Pages 132-136

  Flores, Manuel ^a   García Gómez, Pilar ^b   Zunzunegui, María Victoria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childhood conditions; Economic crisis; Intergenerational transmission; Long term effects; Poverty; Transmission mechanisms

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; ECONOMIC RECESSION; HUMAN; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; TIME;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; ECONOMIC RECESSION; HUMANS; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84901315461     PISSN: 02139111     EISSN: 15781283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2014.02.021     Document Type: Short Survey

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