Uses LIS data to assess three dimensions of the new Canadian child benefit system: how the earned-income supplement will affect labor supply, the existence and consequences of lags between the receipt of benefits relative to income loss, and finally benefit levels are demonstrated to be lower...

Employs micro-data from LIS to provide an institutional and statistical survey of programs which provide income support for families with children in six countries. One of the strengths of this paper is that not only are underlying philosophies defined and compared but macro variables, gained...

The link between labor markets and poverty in Canada, Australia, Sweden, and the US is examined. An interesting examination of Australian minimum-wage rates and the experience of young workers is also contained.

The goal of this paper is to compare the well-being of young children in Canada, Norway and the United States. Many economic models focus on children's eventual well-being by adopting an investment perspective. While this is important, children's well-being today should also count when we assess...

The goal of this project is to explore possible linkages between social policy mix and outcomes for young children (i.e., aged 0 to 11 years) in Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, the UK and the US. Of course, social policy is obviously not the only potential determinant of children's well-being....

This paper adds to the literature on children and inequality a more detailed descriptive analysis of changes in children's experiences of inequality in Canada across time (1973 to 1997) and provides further comparison of the inequality experiences of Canadian children with those of children in 5...