child poverty. First, in a simple model of parental investment in child outcomes, we demonstrate that the misalignment … poverty. Indeed, a match between these two poverty measurements occurs whenever household income and parental education are …

platform, we evaluate the poverty and distributive effects on children of various reform (benefit and employment) strategies …

of children under five years old are facing stunting. It is notable that poverty levels in Balochistan province of … multidimensional child poverty and deprivation in multiple dimensions using Multiple Overlapping Deprivation Analysis (MODA). The … results call for more investment in child poverty reduction programs by provencial and central governments. The focus should …

This study presents the design and development of a multidimensional child poverty index in Colombia that can be used …, we developed a multidimensional measure of child poverty. Based on these results as well as empirical evidence on … deprivations that are determinant for human development, we constructed a Multidimensional Child and Adolescent Poverty Index (MCAP …

into child poverty. Living in poverty, especially over a protracted period of time, has far-reaching consequences for …

This paper takes a fresh look at child poverty at the neighbourhood level in the three metropolitan regions of Sweden … using unique data for 1990, 1996 and 2002. We find that the number of neighbourhoods with high child poverty rates is much …. Regression analysis shows that high neighbourhood poverty rates are mainly due to parents' low employment and to low parental …

This paper uses household surveys from 89 countries to estimate the rate of extreme poverty among children in the … developing world. The estimates are based on the same surveys and welfare measures as official World Bank poverty estimates. Of …