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poverty has worsened, although AIDS, drought, and economic mismanagement have all compromised poverty reduction. In any case …, child poverty has come under increased scrutiny, in part because of the Millennium Development Goals and the growing …
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, child poverty remains high as compared to other EU countries, possibly pointing to a weaker role of the public sector in … support also reduces poverty intensity and incidence, although not to a large extent. …
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Child poverty is firmly on the policy agenda in many OECD countries. One of the main issues in the debate is the …
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This paper studies the effects of the Vietnam Hunger Eradication and Poverty Reduction (HEPR) program on school … the 15+ in rural areas. Our findings highlight the importance of integrating different anti-poverty measures to reduce …
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happened to child poverty in the UK in the periods 2010/11-2015/16 and 2015/16-2020/21 under a range of different indexation … scenarios of children's benefits. We find that between 2010/11 and 2015/16 both the relative and absolute child poverty rates … Financial Statement in 2014 would result in real benefit cuts and increase in child poverty. However, triple lock indexation of …
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This study assesses temporal and spatial distribution of child deprivation and income poverty using the fifth and sixth … deprivation of children aged 7 to 17 years, and the outcomes were compared to the incidence of income poverty. The analyses reveal … areas; and differences in regional rankings of deprivation and income poverty. Distinct policies for child deprivation and …
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This paper documents the variation in living standards of the poorest fifth of children in rich (and some middle-income) nations, with a focus on the relative importance and interaction of social transfers (net of taxes) and labour market incomes. Overall, the cross-national variation in the...
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We investigate the impact of the Romanian and Czech family policy systems on the income distribution and poverty risk …
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This paper analyses the key trends in child poverty in Britain, with particular focus on changes since the late 1990s … families with children have stagnated or declined: further reductions in the headline relative income poverty measure since the … additional reductions in child poverty that are in theory legally required under the Child Poverty Act, in light of the heavy …
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arrangements, parental work patterns, and immigration attributes shape racial and ethnic variation in child poverty. Results from … residence seem to play a detrimental role in shaping poverty among Asian, Mexican, and Central/South American children. We also … understanding racial and ethnic inequality are discussed in the final section of the article. -- child poverty ; racial and ethnic …
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