In this study, we examined to what extent family policies differently affect poverty among single-parent households and …, family policies reduced poverty to a greater extent among single-parent households. Paid leave more effectively facilitated … the employment of single parents, thereby reducing their poverty more than among two-parent households. Family allowances …

There is a wide agreement among poverty research community that conventional estimates of poverty (i.e., money … overestimate total household expenditure, which results in an underestimation of poverty measured in terms of household expenditure … poverty and child poverty estimates in five middle-income countries (India, Mexico, South Africa, Russian Federation and Peru …

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 …