In this study, we examined to what extent family policies differently affect poverty among single-parent households and …, family policies reduced poverty to a greater extent among single-parent households. Paid leave more effectively facilitated … the employment of single parents, thereby reducing their poverty more than among two-parent households. Family allowances …

poverty. Aims: Using a nationally representative sample of American families with children, this study investigated racial … variation in the effects of highest education of parents on family’s ability to scale poverty, defined as the household’s income …-to-needs ratio. Methods: This cross-sectional study used data from the National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) 2003–2004—a …

alleviate child poverty concerns and financial constraints to having children. …In response to the low fertility rate and high child poverty in Poland, the government implemented the Family 500 …+ program which provides cash transfers to families with two or more children, and low-income, one-child families. Using a …

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 …