This paper examines child poverty in Sweden and the U.S. by presenting a three-equation model which examines separate effects due to labor market differences and welfare state differences, using data from the LIS.

The living standard of the least well-off members of society - industrialized or not - is of public policy and ethical interest. One way to examine differences between societies in this respect is to study the extent and severity of income poverty between countries and over time. While poverty...