Child well-being, child poverty and child policy in modern nations : what do we know? /

The revised edition of this best-selling book includes a new Foreword by Professor Gøsta Esping-Andersen and an updated introduction and conclusion providing insights into the key issues. The book's contributors are all leading experts in economics, sociology and social policy who have studied...

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Other Authors: Vleminckx, Koen, Smeeding, Timothy M.
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Language:English
Published: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2001.
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505 0 |a CHILD WELL-BEING, CHILD POVERTY AND CHILD POLICY IN MODERN NATIONS; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of contributors; Introduction: Ending child poverty in industrialised nations; Part 1: The extent and trend of child poverty in industrialised nations; 1. Child poverty across the industrialised world: evidence from the Luxembourg Income Study; 2. Poverty across states, nations, and continents; Part 2: Outcomes for children; 3. Values, policies and the well-being of young children in Canada, Norway and the United States; 4. Child well-being in the EU -- and enlargement to the East 
505 8 |a 5. Childhood experiences, educational attainment and adult labour market performance6. The impact of poverty on children's school attendance -- evidence from West Germany; 7. Inequalities in the use of time by teenagers and young adults; 8. Gender inequality in poverty in affluent nations: the role of single motherhood and the state; Part 3: Country studies and emerging issues; 9. The impact of economic change on child welfare in Central Asia; 10. The evolution of child poverty in Ireland; 11. Living conditions of immigrant children in Germany 
505 8 |a 12. Who has borne the cost of Britain's children in the 1990s?13. The public and private costs of children in Australia, 1993-94; 14. Socioeconomic circumstances in Europe and North America among school-aged children; Part 4: Child and family policies; 15. Income inequalities and poverty among children and households with children in selected OECD countries; 16. Reducing child poverty in the European Union: the role of child benefits1; 17. Public policies that support families with young children: variation across US states 
505 8 |a 18. Income transfers and support fo rmothers' employment: the link to family poverty risks119. Child support among selected OECD countries:a comparative analysis; 20. Child and family policies in an era of social policy retrenchment and restructuring; General conclusions: What have we learned and where do we go from here?; Index 
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