2000), and Wave #5 data was unavailable for some countries. More Wave #5 data is available, and some data for Wave #6 … size of the middle class in the early 2000s. In addition, my earlier work focused only on aggregate tax and spending by … that provide income to older households. Third, there are policies that assist families with children (child or family …

in child poverty in the US due to tax exemptions for children and simulates the impact of various possible child …This paper discusses the regressive nature of tax exemptions for children compared to child allowances and estimates … the decline in child poverty in several developed countries due to child allowances. The paper then estimates the decline …