reductions in child poverty. This research note uses micro-data from more than 50 countries, and US data spanning more than 50 … years, to place the 2021 child poverty rate in historical and international perspective. We demonstrate that whether using … the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM), relative poverty measures, or an absolute poverty measure, the US child poverty …

Marriage and work have long been central to debates regarding poverty and the family. Although ample research … demonstrate their negative association with child poverty, both marriage and work have undergone major transformations over recent … decades. Consequently, it is plausible that their association with child poverty may have also changed. Using ten waves of U …

In this paper, we comprehensively examine the effects of the Great Recession on child poverty, with particular … panel data model and data for 2000 to 2014, we estimate the relationship between the business cycle and child poverty, and … that the safety net provides protection; that is, the cyclicality of after-tax-and-transfer child poverty is significantly …

In this paper, we comprehensively examine the effects of the Great Recession on child poverty, with particular … panel data model and data for 2000 to 2014, we estimate the relationship between the business cycle and child poverty, and … that the safety net provides protection; that is, the cyclicality of after-tax-and-transfer child poverty is significantly …

The paper considers child poverty in rich English-speaking countries - the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the U … poverty. The paper looks at the policies they have adopted to address the problem. 'Poverty' is interpreted broadly and hence …

A substantial number of American children experience poverty: about 17 percent of those under the age of eighteen meet … the government’s definition, and the proportion is even greater within minority groups. Childhood poverty can have … problems have long been recognized, and there are numerous programs designed to alleviate or even eliminate poverty; as these …