Child Well-Being, Child Poverty and Child Policy in Modern Nations [electronic resource] : What Do We Know?
Vleminckx, Koen.
Smeeding, Timothy M.
Bristol, U.K. : Policy Press,
2003.
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 the extent of child poverty, its consequences for children and the effectiveness of policies of prevention.
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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
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
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
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
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 the extent of child poverty, its consequences for children and the effectiveness of policies of prevention.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Child welfare -- Bibliography.
Child welfare.
Families.
Kinship care.
Poor children -- Government policy.