The paper analyzes the effects of individual and household characteristics on current poverty status, while controlling … for initial conditions, past poverty status and unobserved heterogeneity in 14 European Countries for the period 1994 …-2000, using the European Community Household Panel. The distinction between true state dependence and individual heterogeneity has …

, and on the child poverty rate. A static microsimulation model specifically designed for the purposes of comparative fiscal … them? And third, what impact do measures of public resources for children have on child poverty rates? …

Exposure to childhood poverty increases the likelihood of adult poverty. However, past research offers conflicting … accounts of cross-national variation in the strength of the intergenerational persistence of poverty and the mechanisms through … which it is channeled. This study investigates differences in intergenerational poverty in the United States (U …

poverty. The choices that must be made are clarified, and a set of six principles to serve as a guide for public policy are … stated. The second objective is to take stock of child poverty and changes in child poverty in the majority of OECD countries … formulate a number of suggestions for the setting of credible targets for the elimination of child poverty in the rich countries …

This paper documents levels and changes in child poverty rates in 12 OECD countries using data from the Luxembourg … the relative role of income transfers from the state in determining the magnitude and direction of change in child poverty … child poverty, changes in child poverty, and the impact of public policy in North America and Europe. …

individual takes up social assistance increases with the expected benefit amount and duration, and falls with application cost …

poverty rates, rates of entry to and exit from poverty, and the duration of time spent in and out of poverty. The analysis …This paper offers a descriptive portrait of income poverty among children in Germany between the early 1980s and 2001 … focuses upon comparisons between East and West Germany, by family structure, and citizenship status. Child poverty rates have …

This study examines the enduring spatial and racial dimensions of poverty and deprivation in South Africa to assess the … services. While there has been previous studies tracking poverty trends over segments of the post-apartheid period, no previous … the Total Fuzzy and Relative approach proposed by Cheli and Lemmi (1995) to derive a poverty index with nine dimensions of …

reducing the poverty rate by almost one percentage point more, a 75 percent increase over the survey estimate. …