This paper uses longitudinal data from the BHPS, waves 1-8, to document low-income
dynamics and persistence for individuals living in Britain in the 1990s. Poverty exit and re-
entry rates are estimated and the resulting distribution of time spent in poverty is calculated,
both in single and in multiple-spells frameworks. Following Stevens (1999), I estimate a
multiple-spell model of transitions in and out of poverty, controlling for observed and
correlated unobserved individual heterogeneity and for a potential initial condition problem …

This article uses longitudinal data from the BHPS (1991–2006) to document low-income
dynamics and persistence for individuals living in Britain. Poverty exit and re-entry rates are
estimated, and the resulting distribution of time spent in poverty is calculated, both in single
and in multiple-spell frameworks. Poverty persistence predictions are also produced for
various subgroups of the populations. In order to do so, I estimate a multiple-spell model of
transitions in and out of poverty, controlling for observed and correlated unobserved …