poverty trap
noun [S] UKDefinition
› a situation in which someone would be even poorer or not much richer if they had a job because they would no longer receive financial help from the government: He's caught in the poverty trap and will only be five pounds a week better off if he accepts the job.Poverty and poor
(Definition of poverty trap noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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