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...

One in four children -- Promoting work and making work pay -- Increasing financial support for families with children -- Investing in children in the early years -- Investing in school-age children -- Ten years later -- The next steps for Britain -- Lessons for the United States and other countries

In this paper we use microdata on employment and earnings from a variety of industrialized countries to investigate the family gap in pay - the differential in hourly wages between women with children and women without children. We present results from seven countries: Australia, Canada, the...