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 … we examine how and to what extent the safety net is providing protection to at-risk children. We find compelling evidence …

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 … we examine how and to what extent the safety net is providing protection to at-risk children. We find compelling evidence …

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 …

children is more responsive after reform, and some evidence that it might be less so. There is some evidence that poverty … families with children. Importantly, along with other changes, the reform imposed lifetime time limits for receipt of welfare … de facto ending the entitlement nature of cash welfare for poor families with children in the United States. Despite dire …