This paper documents the variation in living standards of the poorest fifth of children in rich (and some middle …. Overall, the cross-national variation in the disposable income of disadvantaged children is comprised equally of variation in …

among children. To flesh out our analyses of poverty reduction based on microdata, we shift vantage points and take a brief … reduction (due to redistribution, based on the LIS microdata). After assessing poverty and poverty reduction among all children …This paper assesses child poverty in 24 high- and middle-income countries, using data from the Luxembourg Income Study …

of its deep child poverty situation, and South Africa's assistance benefit system performs better in lifting children out …The paper documents child poverty levels and trends using both relative ('deep') and absolute ('extreme') measures in … different components of household income and other resources on child deep-poverty rates to examine the role of the market and …

The Scottish National Party led Scottish Government has identified household poverty as a key focus for its anti-poverty … government. This paper seeks to provide evidence on one aspect of the government's anti- poverty strategy; the degree to which … Scotland differs from the rest of the UK over levels of entrenched poverty. The paper demonstrates that not only does Scotland …

This paper explores relationships between gender, mobile phone ownership, education, age, urbanity, job type, poverty … Insight Program have been analysed. From an initial analysis of financial inclusion by poverty group, five countries were … low education levels, poverty and lack of ownership of official identification significantly predicted being financially …