But little attention was paid to poverty’s structural causes, such as inequality of assets and opportunities, or the unequal distributional consequences of growth. And, because unskilled workers tend to lose their jobs first in economic downturns, while employment generally lags behind output recovery, reduced public investment in health, education, and other social programs ultimately increased the vulnerability of the poor.
但资产机会不平等或增长成果分配失衡等贫困的结构性原因却极少有人关注。非熟练工人往往在经济衰退时首先失去工作且就业复苏一般会晚于生产复苏，因此缩减公共医疗、教育和其他社会项目投资最终会使贫困人口更加脆弱。