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Poverty and Transitions in Health
Adena, Maja; Myck, Michal - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
analysed. In addition to this the subjective measure of poverty has a significant effect on mortality, increasing it by 40 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884176
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Child Poverty and Changes in Child Poverty in Rich Countries Since 1990
Chen, Wen-Hao; Corak, Miles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
This paper documents levels and changes in child poverty rates in 12 OECD countries using data from the Luxembourg Income Study project, and focusing upon an analysis of the reasons for changes over the 1990s. The objective is to uncover the relative role of income transfers from the state in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233815
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Principles and Practicalities for Measuring Child Poverty in the Rich Countries
Corak, Miles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
. This involves a method for embodying the ideal of children having priority on social resources into a particular set of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822097
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The Impact of Tax and Transfer Systems on Children in the European Union
Corak, Miles; Lietz, Christine; Sutherland, Holly - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
The objective of this paper is to analyze the impact of fiscal policy on the economic resources available to children … groups, and in particular to what degree do cash transfer and tax systems benefit children relative to older groups? Second …, what fractions of the needs of children are supported by elements of the tax and transfer systems directed explicitly to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703070
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Child Poverty in English-Speaking Countries
Micklewright, John - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
The paper considers child poverty in rich English-speaking countries – the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and Ireland. Do all these countries really stand out from other OECD countries for their levels of child poverty, as is sometimes assumed? And what policies have they adopted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762178