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Women in Poverty

A New Global Underclass

Bibliographic Data

ID9834533
AuthorsMayra Buvinic (0000-0002-8883-3239, corresponding author)
Year1997
Issue108
Pages38
Publication date1997-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueForeign Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0015-7228 • E-ISSN: 1945-2276
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1149088
OpenAlexW1494794958
LanguageEN
Citations received20

This article discusses the plight of poor women around the world and the feminization of poverty. The evidence is imperfect, but current trends suggest that women account for a growing proportion of those people who are considered poor on the basis of income, not only in industrial countries, but also in the developing world

Development economics · Economics · Political science · Poverty · Sociology · Underclass · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Law

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Unique citing works20
Citations per year0,71
Citation span1998 - 2019 (22)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 18

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