The state of poverty in the United States and Western Europe: five theoretical approaches seeking to explain the variance -- The challenge to America -- The historical experience -- Attitudes, beliefs, and values -- System differences as explanations -- The role of political elites -- The role...

In this report, written for the Belgian King Baudouin Foundation, we use a new indicator for child-specific deprivation (which was officially accepted by the European Union in March 2018) to model and analyze the drivers of child deprivation in Belgium and its three regions. We compare the...