overview of poverty among all households and among those with children, presenting multiple poverty measures (relative and …We draw on LIS' various resources to sketch a portrait of child poverty in upper-income countries. We first summarize … past LIS-based scholarship on child poverty, highlighting studies that seek to explain cross-national variation in child …

This paper investigates the real living standards and poverty status of United States children in the 1990's compared … to the children in 17 other nations, including Europe, Scandinavia, Canada and Australia. We find that American low …-income children have lower real spendable income than do comparable children in almost every other nation studied. In contrast, high …

Childhood in an underdeveloped environment is a stage of life very likely to be overshadowed by poverty. The main aim … of this study is to look at the development of child poverty in the comparative angle. The study seeks to detect … connections between child poverty and the implemented family policies. Discussion include an overview of family policies in …

income and even lesser changes in poverty in most nations. …

of gender equality, the U.S. ranks above average in paid working time among dual-earner couples with no children, but …