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. …

them? And third, what impact do measures of public resources for children have on child poverty rates? …The objective of this paper is to analyze the impact of fiscal policy on the economic resources available to children …, and on the child poverty rate. A static microsimulation model specifically designed for the purposes of comparative fiscal …

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 …

children in Germany has been marked by increasing problems: in 1997 the population share of children living in households … immigrants and foreigners. On average we find that children in Germany to have lost out in terms of their relative income …. As a result of the low educational level of their parents we find children born to immigrants and foreigners in Germany …

longitudinal, nationally representative research programme in Hungary that focused on children aged between birth and 18 years of …

Background: The trend in the BMI values of US children has not been estimated very convincingly because of the absence …. Methods: We use five regression models to estimate the BMI trends of non-Hispanic US-born black and white children and …

The paper considers child poverty in rich English-speaking countries – the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK …, and Ireland. Do all these countries really stand out from other OECD countries for their levels of child poverty, as is … sometimes assumed? And what policies have they adopted to address the problem? ?Poverty? is interpreted broadly and hence the …

This paper analyses the relationship between growth patterns, poverty, and inequality in Brazil during its …

In Deutschland ist jedes fünfte Kind arm, in Großbritannien fast jedes dritte. Alleinerziehende und deren Kinder haben … ein besonders hohes Armutsrisiko. In Großbritannien leben etwa 15 % aller Kinder bei Alleinerziehenden, in Westdeutschland … hierzulande. Die Aufnahme einer Erwerbstätigkeit ist in beiden Ländern das beste Mittel, um der Armut zu entkommen. Wenn eine …

In this paper, I use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) to investigate whether and how a German youth' s … choice of secondary school (Hauptschule, Realschule, Gymnasium) varies with the timing and duration of poverty experienced in … childhood. To investigate what role the timing of poverty plays, I examine the correlation between educational choices and the …