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Poverty and the Welfare State in Inter-war London

Bailey, Roy E; Hatton, Timothy J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

In this paper we re-examine poverty among working class households in inter-war London using the newly computerized …–31. First, we examine how the use of different poverty lines affects the number of households found to be in poverty. We then … analyse the effects of the inter-war social security system in relieving poverty. Finally, we estimate what difference it …

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Seebohm Rowntree and the Post-War Poverty Puzzle

Bailey, Roy E; Hatton, Timothy J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

percentage of households in poverty. He attributed the bulk of this decline to government welfare reforms enacted during and … after the War. Some observers have been uneasy about these striking results, especially with the rediscovery of poverty in … the 1960s. In this paper we re-examine the surviving records from the 1950 survey, making the poverty line more consistent …

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Unintended Consequences of Welfare Reform: The Case of Divorced Parents

Francesconi, Marco; Rainer, Helmut; Van Der Klaauw, Wilbert - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

This paper formulates a model to examine the effects of changes in tax-benefit policy on the behavior of divorced parents and the well-being of children in single-parent households. Noncustodial parents choose the level of a child support payment to transfer to custodians. These, in turn, decide...

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Daycare Subsidies and Labor Supply in Sweden

Gustafsson, Siv; Stafford, Frank - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1988

The provision of subsidized child care may encourage women to participate in the paid labor force. This paper analyzes the effects of the price and availability of subsidized child care on labor force participation, using data from a Swedish household survey for 1984 in combination with data on...

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Early Child Care and Child Development: For Whom it Works and Why

Felfe, Christina; Lalive, Rafael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

Many countries are currently expanding access to child care for young children. But are all children equally likely to benefit from such expansions? We address this question by adopting a marginal treatment effects framework. We study the West German setting where high quality center-based care...

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The Cash Opportunity of Childbearing: An Approach Using British Data

Joshi, Heather - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1987

The opportunity costs of rearing British children, in terms of cash earnings forgone by their mother, are estimated for a typical family. Data from the 1980 Women and Employment Survey provide estimates for hourly pay as a function of work experience and current hours of work. In addition, these...

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Child Care and Mothers' Lifetime Earnings: Some European Contrasts

Davies, Hugh; Joshi, Heather - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1991

Patterns of female employment participation are compared in a variety of European countries with differing levels of child care provision. The earnings forgone over a lifetime by a woman bearing children (compared with the earnings of her childless counterpart) are simulated for four countries,...

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Labour Income Taxation, Human Capital and Growth: The Role of Child Care

Casarico, Alessandra; Sommacal, Alessandro - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

This paper studies the effects of labour income taxation on growth in an OLG model where both formal schooling and child care enter the human capital production function as complements. We compare them with the effects obtained in a model where only formal schooling matters for skill formation....

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Pro-poor trade policy in Sub-Saharan Africa

Nicita, Alessandro; Olarreaga, Marcelo; Porto, Guido - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

The objective of this paper is to estimate the potential pro-poor bias in the existing structure of protection in six countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) (i.e., whether it redistributes income from rich to poor households). We also explore the extent to which the barriers faced by SSA...

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Poor Countries or Poor People? Development Assistance and the New Geography of Global Poverty

Kanbur, Ravi; Sumner, Andy - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

global poor for many years to come. This “new geography of global poverty”—with the mass of the poor living in stable, non … special weight be given to the poor in poor countries? How, if at all, should international agencies with a focus on poverty … greater debate on the new geography of global poverty. …

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