This paper documents the variation in living standards of the poorest fifth of children in rich (and some middle …. Overall, the cross-national variation in the disposable income of disadvantaged children is comprised equally of variation in …

among children. To flesh out our analyses of poverty reduction based on microdata, we shift vantage points and take a brief … reduction (due to redistribution, based on the LIS microdata). After assessing poverty and poverty reduction among all children …This paper assesses child poverty in 24 high- and middle-income countries, using data from the Luxembourg Income Study …

of its deep child poverty situation, and South Africa's assistance benefit system performs better in lifting children out …The paper documents child poverty levels and trends using both relative ('deep') and absolute ('extreme') measures in … different components of household income and other resources on child deep-poverty rates to examine the role of the market and …

This paper examines the effects of recent welfare reforms in the US and UK on the well-being of children in low …-income families, looking specifically at the effects on poverty, family expenditures, and child health and development. The paper … finds some commonalities but also some notable differences. Common to both countries is a sizable reduction in child poverty …