Poverty, inequality and social welfare are defined in this book. Previous poverty studies are surveyed and a new index of poverty is developed based on everyday meanings, and stressing the individual and relative nature of poverty. Previous definitions of inequality and welfare are described and...

Review of 'Child Well-Being, Child Poverty and Child Policy in Modern Nations' by Koen Vleminckx and Timothy M. Smeeding and 'The Dynamics of Child Poverty in Industrialized Countries' by Bruce Bradbury, Stephen P. Jenkins, and John Micklewright