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. …

While all nations value low poverty, high levels of economic self-reliance, and equality of opportunity for younger … self-reliance (earned incomes), family support, and government support to avoid poverty. This paper is designed to examine … these differences in greater detail. We begin by reviewing international concepts and measures of poverty, as they relate to …

systems. As rational decision-makers we would plan a society where the incidence of poverty is low, differences in the level … poverty to non-poverty is high, and where the living standard of the poor is decent. The results show that income mobility is … poverty rates are not associated with more rapid income mobility and higher standards for the poor. …

In the first section of the study, we analyze the cross-sectional relationship between poverty rates and the income … level of the poor. Thereafter, we take a close look at changes in time: how poverty and 'richness' rates and changes in the …