Child well-being, child poverty and child policy in modern nations : what do we know? / edited by Koen Vleminckx and Timothy M. Smeeding.

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Book
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English
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Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2000.
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xv, 570 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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    This text presents the latest findings of some of the world's leading social scientists on child poverty and the well-being of children. It includes a description of, and an explanation for, recent trends in industrialised countries.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction: Editing child poverty in industrialised nations / Koen Vleminckx and Timothy M. Smeeding
    • pt. 1. The extent and trend of child poverty in industrialised nations
    • 1. Child poverty across the industrialised world: evidence from the Luxembourg Income Study / Bruce Bradbury and Markus Jantti
    • 2. Poverty across states, nations, and continents / Lee Rainwater, Timothy M. Smeeding and John Coder
    • pt. 2. Outcomes for children
    • 3. Values, policies and the well-being of young children in Canada, Norway and the United States / Shelley Phipps
    • 4. Child well-being in the EU
    • and enlargement to the East / John Micklewright and Kitty Stewart
    • 5. Childhood experiences, educational attainment and adult labour market performance / Paul Gregg and Stephen Machin
    • 6. The impact of poverty on children's school attendance
    • evidence from West Germany / Felix Buchel, Joachim R. Frick and Peter Krause / [and others]-- 7. Inequalities in the use of time by teenagers and young adults / Anne H. Gauthier and Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr.
    • 8. Gender inequality in poverty in affluent nations: the role of single motherhood and the state / Karen Christopher, Paula England and Sara McLanahan / [and others]
    • pt. 3. Country studies and emerging issues
    • 9. The Impact of economic change on child welfare in Central Asia / Jane Falkingham
    • 10. The evolution of child poverty in Ireland / Brian Nolan
    • 11. Living conditions of immigrant children in Germany / Joachim R. Frick and Gert G. Wagner
    • 12. Who has borne the cost of Britain's children in the 1990s? / Hugh Davies and Heather Joshi
    • 13. The public and private costs of children in Australia, 1993-94 / Richard Percival and Ann Harding
    • 14. Socioeconomic circumstances among school-aged children in Europe and North America / Candace Currie
    • pt. 4. Child and family policies-- 15. Income inequalities and poverty among children and households with children in selected OECD countries / Howard Oxley, Thai-Thanh Dang and Michael F. Forster / [and others]
    • 16. Reducing child poverty in the European Union: the role of child benefits / Herwig Immervoll, Holly Sutherland and Klass de Vos
    • 17. Public policies that support families with young children: variation across US states / Marcia K. Meyers, Janet C. Gornick and Laura R. Peck / [and others]
    • 18. Income transfers and support for mothers' employment: the link to family poverty risks / Cristina Solera
    • 19. Child support among selected OECD countries: a comparative analysis / James Kunz, Patrick Villeneuve and Irwin Garfinkel
    • 20. Child and family policies in an era of social policy retrenchment and restructuring / Sheila B. Kamerman and Alfred J. Kahn
    • General conclusions: what have we learned and where do we go from here? / Koen Vleminckx and Timothy M. Smeeding.
    ISBN
    • 1861342543
    • 9781861342546
    • 1861342535 ((pbk.))
    • 9781861342539 ((pbk.))
    LCCN
    2001339373
    OCLC
    45306519
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