In this paper, we comprehensively examine the effects of the Great Recession on child poverty, with particular … panel data model and data for 2000 to 2014, we estimate the relationship between the business cycle and child poverty, and … we examine how and to what extent the safety net is providing protection to at-risk children. We find compelling evidence …

Scholars emphasize that poverty in Britain has risen sharply since the late 1970s. Meanwhile in the United States, both … official figures and traditional poverty scholars report sharp declines in poverty. We seek to provide a comparison of poverty …, or policy-account for the observed changes in poverty in the two nations and what role could policy play in reducing …

children is more responsive after reform, and some evidence that it might be less so. There is some evidence that poverty … families with children. Importantly, along with other changes, the reform imposed lifetime time limits for receipt of welfare … de facto ending the entitlement nature of cash welfare for poor families with children in the United States. Despite dire …

children's birth outcomes. Using program administrative micro-data matched to longitudinal vital statistics on the universe of … transfers may help break the cycle of intergenerational poverty …

Ghanaian custom views children as members of either their mother's or father's lineage (extended family), but not both …. Patrilineal custom charges a man's lineage with caring for his widow and children, while matrilineal custom places this burden on …, Ghana enacted the Intestate Succession (PNDC) Law 111, 1985 and 1998 Children's Act 560 to force men to provide for their …

This paper evaluates the health impact of a signature initiative of the War on Poverty: the roll out of the modern Food …

was prepared as a background paper for the Committee on Building an Agenda to Reduce the Number of Children in Poverty by …US Census Bureau poverty measures do not include an explicit need for health care or insurance nor do they consider … on poverty. This paper reviews conceptual and practical considerations in incorporating health benefits and needs into …

Using birth certificates matched to schooling records for Florida children born 1992–2002, we assess whether family … gap in neonatal health. We conclude that the gender gap among black children is larger than among white children in … substantial part because black children are raised in more disadvantaged families …

children. Using the county-level introduction of U.S. family planning programs between 1964 and 1973, we find that children … born after programs began had 2.8% higher household incomes. They were also 7% less likely to live in poverty and 12% less …

This paper presents a productivity argument for investing in disadvantaged young children. For such investment, there …